Given name & surname
Ebert
“as strong as a boar; as brave as a boar”
Ebert is a variant of Eberhard. One German interpretation is “as strong as a boar; as brave as a boar.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ebert is a variant of Eberhard. One German interpretation is “as strong as a boar; as brave as a boar.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ebert is a variant of Eberhard. An origin associated with Eberhard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Ebert as a surname developed from Eberhard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ebert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 299
- 299 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020; 11,776 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ebert’s family of names
Ebert has a feminine form in Eberta. Ebert has a related form in Eberhard. In German usage, Ebert as a surname has a related form in Evert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 28
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Evertvariant · German
- Eberhardvariant · English, German
- Everthvariant · German
- Eberlevariant · German
- Ewertvariant · German
- Ewerzvariant · German
- Ewertzvariant · German
- Ewertsvariant · German
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- Ewerthvariant · German
- Ewerdtvariant · German
- Ewerdvariant · German
- Everzvariant · German
- Evertzvariant · German
- Evertsvariant · German
- Efferzvariant · German
- Effertzvariant · German
- Effertsvariant · German
- Efferthvariant · German
- Effertvariant · German
- Efertvariant · German
- Eberzvariant · German
- Ebertzvariant · German
- Ebertsvariant · German
- Eberthvariant · German
- Eberdtvariant · German
- Eberdvariant · German
- Ebbertzvariant · German
- Ebbertvariant · German
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ebert
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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