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 (Old English pronunciation: [ˈedʒberˠxt]) and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert.
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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
Egbert of Saxony (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)
Ekbert of Wetigau (fl. 889–c. 930), Saxon nobleman
Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993)
Egbert of Liège (fl. c. 1023), educator and author
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068)
Egbert von Münsterschwarzach (d. 1076/7), abbot
Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)
Ekbert I of Tecklenburg (d. 1150), German count
Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer
Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg
Ekbert von Bentheim (d. 1335), ecclesiastic
Egbert Hallihan, Duke of New Jersey (c. 1347)
Modern era
Egbert Strijbos (born 1975), Dutch scientist and scholar and handy man with a diverse toolbox.
Egbert Aglae (born 1980), Seychelles politician
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
Egbert van Burmania Rengers (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
Egbert von Frankenberg und Proschlitz (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
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 (1891–1964), New York politician
Sherwood Egbert (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation
William Egbert (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 series
Egbert, antagonist in Winkler's novel The Duppy (1996)