Overview
Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert.
People with the first name
Middle Ages
Ecgberht of Kent, king of Kent (ruled 664–673)
Ecgberht of Ripon (died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne
Ecgbert of York (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, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839)
Ecgberht I of Northumbria, 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 (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
Later times
Egbert Bakker (born 1958), Dutch classical scholar
Egbert Baqué (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator
Egbert Benson (1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States
Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), German mathematician
Egbert B. Brown (1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War
(1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician
Egbert Cadbury (1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman
Egbert Cleave (fl. 1870s), American author
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born 1979), American musician known as Aloe Blacc
Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818), Dutch painter
(1909-2000), East German military leader and politician
Egbert B. Groen (1915-2012), American politician and lawyer
Egbert Hambley (1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer
Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter
Egbert van Heemskerk (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter
Egbert Hirschfelder (born 1942), German rower
Egbert Ho (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player
Egbert C.N.
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