Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade.

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

variant spellings include Ecgberht () and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert.

People with the first name

Middle Ages

Ecgberht of Kent __NOTOC__ Ecgberht I (also spelled Egbert) (died 4 July 673) was a king of Kent (664-673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht. He may have still been a child when he became king following his father's death on 14 July 664, because his mother S ...

, king of Kent (ruled 664–673) *

Ecgberht of Ripon Ecgberht (or Egbert, and sometimes referred to as Egbert of Rath Melsigi) (died 729) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain and a ...

(died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne *

Ecgbert of York Ecgbert (died 19 November 766) was an 8th-century cleric who established the archdiocese of York in 735. In 737, Ecgbert's brother became king of Northumbria and the two siblings worked together on ecclesiastical issues. Ecgbert was a correspo ...

(died 766), Archbishop of York * Ecgberht II of Kent (died c. 784), king of Kent * (fl. 756–811), Saxon nobleman * Egbert of Lindisfarne (died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne *

Egbert of Wessex Ecgberht (died 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court i ...

, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839) *

Ecgberht I of Northumbria Ecgberht (died 873) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. This period of Northumbrian history is poorly recorded, and very little is known of Ecgberht. He first appears following the death of kings Ælla and Osberht in batt ...

, king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873) * Ecgberht II of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (ruled c. 876–883) * (fl. 889–), Saxon nobleman * Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993) * Egbert of Liège (), educator and author *

Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen Egbert I () (died 11 January 1068) was the Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died. Egbert was the scion of the i ...

(d. 1068) * (d. 1076/7), abbot * Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090) * (d. 1150), German count * Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer * (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg * (d. 1335), ecclesiastic

Modern era

* Egbert Strijbos (born 1975), Dutch scientist and scholar and handy man with a diverse toolbox. * Egbert Bakker (born 1958), Dutch classical scholar * Egbert Baqué (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator *

Egbert Benson Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and Founding Father who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives. He ...

(1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States * Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), German mathematician *

Egbert B. Brown Egbert Benson Brown (October 4, 1816 – February 11, 1902) was a Union general in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Early life and education Egbert Brown was born in Brownsville, New York, and as a young man sailed o ...

(1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War * (1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician *

Egbert Cadbury Major (Honorary Air Commodore) Sir Egbert "Bertie" Cadbury (20 April 1893 – 12 January 1967) was a British businessman, a member of the Cadbury family, who as a First World War pilot shot down two Zeppelins over the North Sea: '' L.21'' on 28 ...

(1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman *

Egbert Cleave Egbert Cleave (flourished 1870s) was an American author from Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Vi ...

(fl. 1870s), American author *

Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known professionally as Aloe Blacc (), is an American singer and rapper. He is known for his guest performance on Avicii's 2013 single " Wake Me Up", which peaked on the charts in 22 countrie ...

(born 1979), American musician known as ''Aloe Blacc'' *

Egbert van Drielst Egbert van Drielst (Groningen (city), Groningen, 12 March 1745 – Amsterdam, 4 June 1818) began his study of the painting in a factory in Groningen (city), Groningen which produced mainly lacquered objects. He soon went to Haarlem, where h ...

(1745-1818), Dutch painter * (1909-2000), East German military leader and politician * Egbert B. Groen (1915-2012), American politician and lawyer *

Egbert Hambley Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley (2 May 1862 – 13 August 1906) was a British-born mining engineer and power company executive, who worked for much of his career in North Carolina. Early life and education Egbert Hambley was born in Penzance, C ...

(1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer *

Egbert Hayessen Egbert Hayessen (28 December 1913 – 15 August 1944) was a German resistance fighter in the struggle against Adolf Hitler, and a major in the army. Born in Eisleben, Hayessen grew up on the Hessian state domain of Mittelhof near Felsberg-Gens ...

(1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter *

Egbert van Heemskerk Egbert van Heemskerck, or Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerk (1634–1704) was a Haarlem Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works who moved to London in the 1670s and died there in 1704. He is known for popular comical and satirical works, a few of whi ...

(1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Egbert Hirschfelder Egbert Hirschfelder (13 July 1942 – 31 May 2022) was a German rower. In 1963–1964 he won a European title and Olympic gold medal in the coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowi ...

(1942–2022), German rower *

Egbert Ho Egbert Ho (born March 20, 1978) is a former field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who earned a total number of sixteen caps for the Dutch national team in 2004 under coach Terry Walsh. Ho played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland in Th ...

(born 1978), Dutch field hockey player * Egbert C.N. van Hoepen (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist *

Egbert Jahn Egbert Kurt Jahn (born 26 May 1941 in Berlin) is a German political scientist, contemporary historian and peace researcher and is emeritus professor at the University of Mannheim. Life After his Abitur in Wiesbaden, Jahn studied history – s ...

(born 1941), German political scientist * Egbert Kankeleit (1929–2022), German nuclear physicist * Egbert Xavier Kelly (1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother * Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands * Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer * (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker * Egbert Lucas (1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon * Egbert van 't Oever (1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach *

Egbert van der Poel Egbert van der Poel (9 March 1621 – 19 July 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age genre and landscape painter. Life Van der Poel was born in Delft, the son of a goldsmith, and may have been a student of Esaias van de Velde and of Aert van der Neer. ...

(1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter * Egbert Rimkus (died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in

Death Valley Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the Highest temperature recorded on Earth, hottest place on Earth during summer. Death Valley's Badwat ...

* Egbert Schuurman (born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician *

Egbert Stephens Egbert Stephens (born 15 April 1952) is a former Guyana, Guyanese cricketer who played a single first-class cricket, first-class match for Essequibo cricket team, Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Guystac Trophy, Jones Cup. St ...

(born 1952), Guyanese cricketer * Egbert Streuer (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver * Egbert Don Taylor (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop * Egbert Ten Eyck (1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York *

Egbert Van Alstyne Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (March 4, 1878 – July 9, 1951) was an American songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes of the early 20th century. Biography Van Alstyne was born in Marengo, Illi ...

(1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist * Egbert van Kampen (1908-1942), Belgian mathematician * Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general * (1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder * Egbert White (1894–1976), American war correspondent * Egbert Austin Williams (1874–1922), Bahamian-American vaudeville comedian

People with the surname

* Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * Harry C. Egbert (1839–1899), US Army brigadier general * James Chidester Egbert, Jr. (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator * James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance * Joseph Egbert (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York *

Rae L. Egbert Rae Livingston Egbert (August 15, 1891 – May 11, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Early years He was born on August 15, 1891, on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, the son of George L. Egbert (1862–1957 ...

(1891–1964), New York politician * Sherwood Egbert (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation *

William Egbert William Egbert (February 25, 1857 – October 15, 1936) was a Canadian physician and politician. He was the third lieutenant governor of Alberta, from 1925 to 1931. Egbert was born in 1857 to a farming family in what is today the province of On ...

(1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician

Fictional characters

* John Egbert, in the webcomic ''Homestuck'' * Julie Egbert, a character from the Australian television series ''Prisoner'', played by Jackie Woodburne * Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter * Egbert, a chicken villager in the

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can ...

series {{given name, type=both, cat=Germanic masculine given names Dutch masculine given names German masculine given names Masculine given names Surnames of German origin English masculine given names nl:Egbert (voornaam) pl:Egbert (imię)