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.

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 [de; it] (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 [de] (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 [de] (d. 1076/7), abbot
• Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)
• Ekbert I of Tecklenburg [de] (d. 1150), German count
• Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer
• Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien [de] (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg
• Ekbert von Bentheim [de] (d. 1335), ecclesiastic

Later times

• 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 [fr; fy; nl] (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 [de; nl] (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
• Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter
• Egbert van Heemskerk (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter
• Egbert Hirschfelder (1942–2022), German rower
• Egbert Ho (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player
• Egbert C.N. van Hoepen (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist
• Egbert Jahn (born 1941), German political scientist
• Egbert Kankeleit (1929–2022), German nuclear physicist
• Egbert Xavier Kelly (1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother
• Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
• Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer
• Egbert Jans van Leeuwarden [de; fy; nl] (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker
• Egbert Lucas (1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon
• Egbert van 't Oever (1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach
• Egbert van der Poel (1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter
• Egbert Rimkus (died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in Death Valley
• Egbert Schuurman (born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician
• Egbert Stephens (born 1952), Guyanese cricketer
• Egbert Streuer (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver
• Egbert Don Taylor (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop
• Egbert Ten Eyck (1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York
• Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist
• Egbert van Kampen (1908-1942), Belgian mathematician
• Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general
• Egbert Wagenborg [de; fy; nl] (1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder
• Egbert White (1894–1976), American war correspondent
• Egbert Austin Williams (1874–1922), Bahamian American Vaudeville comedian

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
• Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter
• Egbert, a chicken villager in the Animal Crossing series

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