Given name & surname · also English
Elbert
“a wellborn man”·“a bright man”
Elbert is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a wellborn man” and “a bright man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original GermanAlbert
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a wellborn man” and “a bright man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with English and German naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33,608
- 33,511 boys · 97 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 793 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,442 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,442 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 786 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,684 as a first name in 2020; 3,066 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.
Elbert’s family of names
In English usage, Elbert has a diminutive in ELBIE. In Dutch usage, Elbert has a related form in Albert. In Dutch usage, Elbert has a conventional equivalent in the German form Albert.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Elbert has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Elbert comes from · 4 names
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Elbert
- Elbert HubbardAmerican writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher1856–1915
- Burt RutanAmerican aerospace engineer (born 1943)
- Elbert Rootdiver (1915–1983)
- Elbert D. ThomasAmerican politician (1883-1953)
- E. Lee TrinkleAmerican politician (1876-1939)
- Elbert TuganovEstonian animator, film director (1920-2007)
- Elbert Frank CoxAmerican mathematician (1895-1969)
- Elbert Henry GaryAmerican judge and businessman (1846–1927)
- Elbert S. BrighamAmerican politician (1877-1962)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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