# Egbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/egbert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “edge (of a blade)”, “bright” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,231 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,231 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English Ecgberht, name of early English kings, from Old English ecg (“edge (of a blade)”) + beorht (“bright”) or Proto-Germanic *Agjōberhtaz.

## What it means

Egbert is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 8 | 3,065 |
| 1969 | 9 | 3,134 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,097 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,731 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,562 |
| 1979 | 10 | 3,888 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,543 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,701 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,540 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,290 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,264 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,234 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,809 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,334 |

## People named Egbert

- Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, Germanic noble (c. 1060–1090)
- Egbert van der Poel, Dutch painter (1621-1664)
- Egbert Swensson, East German sailor
- Egbert Benson, American politician (1746–1833)
- Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral
- Egbert the One-Eyed, German count (c.932–994)
- Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist (1882-1951)
- Edward R. Murrow, American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)
- Aloe Blacc, American singer and rapper
- Erben Wennemars, Dutch speed skater
- Bert Williams, American comedian and actor (1874–1922)
- Ecgberht of Ripon, Anglo-Saxon saint

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.