Given name
Egilberht
“Egil, legendary archer”·“bright”
Egilberht is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Egilberht is built from elements meaning “Egil, legendary archer” and “bright”.
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How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Agilaberht, built from Proto-West Germanic *Agil (“Egil, legendary archer”) + *berht (“bright”).
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Egilberht’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Egilberht shares a linguistic root with the Latin form Agilbert. In Old High German usage, Egilberht has a related form in Aegilperht. In Old High German usage, Egilberht has a related form in Agilberht.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Egilberht has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 6
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.