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    The first name Childebert

    A boy’s name meaning “battle”, “fight”, “bright”.

    3 syllables Male

    Meaning and origin

    Childebert means “battle”, “fight”, “bright”.

    Borrowed from French Childebert, from Medieval Latin Childebertus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz, from *hildiz (“battle, fight”) + *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).

    More names that mean light, warrior.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Famous people named Childebert

    2 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Childebert I
      Frankish King, 497–558
    • Childebert the Adopted
      Frankish king, 650–662

    Questions

    What does the name Childebert mean?
    Childebert means “battle”, “fight”, “bright”.