Egbert Forename
26,835th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 31,544 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Egbert Forename Definition:
A male name. compound of Old English ecg ‘sword’, and bryht ‘bright’, the name of the traditional first King of all England (d. 839) and of a Northumbrian saint (639-729). It seems not to have survived the Old English period, but was revived in the 19th C.
Read More About This ForenameEgbert Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 11,086 | 1:8,721 | 660 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,031 | 1:2,803 | 516 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,679 | 1:508 | 107 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,326 | 1:22,695 | 2,225 |
| United States | 100% | 1,727 | 1:209,923 | 7,350 |
| Philippines | 100% | 561 | 1:188,965 | 8,585 |
| South Africa | 99% | 489 | 1:111,519 | 8,716 |
| Ghana | 100% | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| England | 100% | 279 | 1:199,294 | 5,900 |
| Belize | 100% | 242 | 1:1,464 | 329 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Austria | 100% | 208 | 1:40,934 | 1,346 |
| Guyana | 100% | 205 | 1:3,723 | 710 |
| Canada | 100% | 158 | 1:209,705 | 7,852 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 139 | 1:9,794 | 1,456 |
| Belgium | 100% | 119 | 1:96,555 | 3,383 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 107 | 1:1,456 | 386 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 102 | 1:1,743 | 317 |
| Brazil | 100% | 92 | 1:2,328,654 | 46,767 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Indonesia | - | 68 | 1:3,793,583 | 163,000 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 63 | 1:244,822 | 13,906 |
| Barbados | - | 62 | 1:4,674 | 734 |
| Dominica | - | 60 | 1:1,258 | 234 |
| Panama | 100% | 59 | 1:66,213 | 3,892 |
| India | 100% | 49 | 1:24,793,428 | 543,562 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 48 | 1:171,114 | 4,270 |
| Aruba | - | 46 | 1:2,256 | 469 |
| Bahamas | - | 46 | 1:8,682 | 1,112 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 39 | 1:122,255 | 3,564 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 36 | 1:3,099 | 585 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 35 | 1:869,998 | 32,096 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,008 | 219 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Thailand | 100% | 30 | 1:2,335,527 | 60,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 29 | 1:3,784 | 670 |
| France | 100% | 28 | 1:2,373,941 | 12,997 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 28 | 1:291,154 | 23,707 |
| Grenada | 100% | 27 | 1:4,005 | 688 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 25 | 1:1,208,076 | 24,638 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15 | 1:11,837,624 | 127,959 |
| Norway | 100% | 14 | 1:366,595 | 7,406 |
| China | - | 13 | 1:105,081,214 | 64,899 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 12 | 1:4,572 | 824 |
| Mexico | 100% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10 | 1:881,747 | 10,598 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Finland | 63% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9 | 1:1,095,323 | 21,139 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:108,884 | 3,058 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Australia | - | 7 | 1:1,951,089 | 17,897 |
| Namibia | - | 7 | 1:343,454 | 5,692 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Chile | 100% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Czechia | - | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
Egbert (8,262) may also be a surname.
Egbert Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. compound of Old English ecg ‘sword’, and bryht ‘bright’, the name of the traditional first King of all England (d. 839) and of a Northumbrian saint (639-729). It seems not to have survived the Old English period, but was revived in the 19th C.
Egbert Domesday Book 1086.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In A. -S., Egberht, ‘formidably bright.’ There is a noted St. Egbert, an Englishman who went, in late C7, to Ireland ‘to frequent its renowned schools of piety and learning’; his influence there was tremendous. (Benedictines.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Ferguson translates this name ‘edge-bright.’ It rather means ‘distinguished in battle,’ from the Anglo Saxon ecg, Old Norse egg, an edge, sword, war, battle. Conf. the Old German name Eggbrecht.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - Eminently bright.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Teutonic (masculine) - Eminent for wisdom.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Eminently bright: skilled with the sword.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Egbert Forename Popularity
Egbert Demographics
Average Male Egbert Height
174.79 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 33 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engbert | 92 | 298 | / |
| Egberth | 92 | 230 | / |
| Eggbert | 92 | 26 | / |
| Eigbert | 92 | 10 | / |
| Eghbert | 92 | 7 | / |
| Hegbert | 92 | 6 | / |
| Jegbert | 92 | 2 | / |
| Egberte | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egbertt | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egberts | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egberrt | 92 | 1 | / |
| Eagbert | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egber | 91 | 109 | / |
| Hegberth | 86 | 4 | / |
| Gengbert | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hegberte | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eighbert | 86 | 1 | / |
| Egbere | 83 | 257 | / |
| Egbart | 83 | 256 | / |
| Agbert | 83 | 25 | / |
| Egberd | 83 | 21 | / |
| Igbert | 83 | 21 | / |
| Hegber | 83 | 10 | / |
| Eguert | 83 | 4 | / |
| Egbirt | 83 | 3 | / |
| Egbort | 83 | 2 | / |
| Egvert | 83 | 2 | / |
| Eigber | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gegber | 83 | 1 | / |
| Engber | 83 | 1 | / |
| Engeebert | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ingbert | 77 | 1,273 | / |
| Egbeere | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hagbert | 77 | 6 | / |
| Egbartt | 77 | 5 | / |
| Agberth | 77 | 5 | / |
| Aghbert | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egborth | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egbeire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hogbert | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eghbere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eghbear | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egburut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egbarth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igber | 73 | 55 | / |
| Egver | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ygber | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jingbert | 71 | 7 | / |
| Hingbert | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ingberth | 71 | 2 | / |
| Huigbert | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enguhert | 71 | 1 | / |
| Engbirth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gingbert | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jengbirt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igbere | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ingber | 67 | 9 | / |
| Agbart | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aguaberto | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jgbeer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igbeer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hygber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igbier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbird | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbior | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igbart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egverr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuert | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbard | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egbair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Higber | 67 | 1 | / |
Egbert Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egbert in the Russian language | ||
| Эгберт | egbert | - |
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