Last name: EGBERT

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EGBERT : This last name is indexed 16,807 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

EGBERT : 1: North German: from the personal name Egbert composed of the ancient Germanic elements agi(l) ‘point edge (of a sword)’ + berht ‘bright famous’.2: English (Devon): from the Middle English personal name Egbert (Old English Ecgbeorht from ecg ‘sword’ + beorht ‘bright’). The present name in Britain usually appears to be of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above) cognate with the English one as the medieval name may not have survived.

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