Egbert is a boy's name of German origin meaning “bright edge.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Egbert belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “bright edge” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Egbert first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #469 in 1880, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,231 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Egbert means “bright edge” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Egbert is a boy name.
Egbert comes from the German and English & American tradition.
Egbert first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #469 in 1880, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
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. 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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