Given name

Agilbert

“Egil, legendary archer”·“bright”

Agilbert is a masculine given name from Frankish. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Agilbert is built from elements meaning “Egil, legendary archer” and “bright”.

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Where it comes from

Agilbert comes from Frankish.

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How it developed

From Frankish *Agilaberht, built from Proto-West Germanic *Agil (“Egil, legendary archer”) + *berht (“bright”).

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Agilbert’s family of names

In Latin usage, Agilbert shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Egilberht. In Latin usage, Agilbert has a related form in Aclebertus. In German usage, Agilbert has a related form in Egilbert.

Walk Agilbert’s family in the name graph

AgilbertAclebertusEgilbertÆgelbeorhtEgilberht

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Agilbert has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Frankish roots to each of them.

Frankish

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Aglaiah

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Albiena

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Albyna

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Albeina

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Anawrete

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Sibling ideas

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