Cuthbert is a boy's name of English origin meaning “brightly known, famous.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2024.
Cuthbert belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “brightly known, famous” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Cuthbert first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1772 in 1912, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 151 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Cuthbert means “brightly known, famous” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Cuthbert is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2024.
Cuthbert comes from the English & American tradition.
Cuthbert first appears in US records in 1912. Its best-ever ranking was #1772 in 1912, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Cuthbert is pronounced /ˈkʌθ.bɜːɹt/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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