Given name & surname · also Germanic
Engelbert
“as bright as an angel”
Engelbert is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “as bright as an angel.”
Original GermanEngelbrecht
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “as bright as an angel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Engelbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 15 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 6 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 348 as a first name in 2020; 743 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.
Engelbert’s family of names
In Polish usage, Engelbert has a diminutive in Engelbercik. In Polish usage, Engelbert has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ENGELBERTO. In English usage, Engelbert has a related form in Engelbeorht.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Engelbert has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Engelbert
- Engelbert DollfussAustrian Christian Social and Patriotic Front statesman (1892-1934)
- Engelbert HumperdinckGerman composer (1854–1921)
- Engelbert KaempferGerman botanist (1651–1716)
- Engelbert II of BergArchbishop of Cologne (1185 or 1186–1225)
- Engelbert KrausGerman footballer (1934-2016)
- Engelbert ZaschkaGerman engineer, inventor and helicopter pioneer (1895–1955)
- Engelbert of Carinthiaduke of Carinthia (11th century-1141)1100–1141
- Engelbert, Count of NeversFrench noble1462–1506
- Engelbert SterckxRoman Catholic archbishop (1792-1867)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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