Given name & surname
Seibert
“of the shining sea”
Seibert is a variant of Seabert. One English interpretation is “of the shining sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Seibert is a variant of Seabert. One English interpretation is “of the shining sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Seibert is a variant of Siegbert. An origin associated with Siegbert is Germanic. Seibert is a variant of Seabert. An origin associated with Seabert is English.
Explained through its name family
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. In German use, Seibert is a variant of Siegbert. The history of Siegbert gives this family its wider story. Siegbert’s historical associations include a 7th-century French king, regarded as a saint.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Seibert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 8 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 1942. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,278 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.
Seibert’s family of names
Seibert has a related form in Seabert. In German usage, Seibert has a related form in Siegbert. In German usage, Seibert as a surname has a related form in Saeubert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 26
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Siebertvariant · German
- Siegbertvariant · German
- Ziebertsvariant · German
- Zieberthvariant · German
- Zibertvariant · German
- Zeibertsvariant · German
- Sybertsvariant · German
- Sieberzvariant · German
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- Siebertzvariant · German
- Siebertsvariant · German
- Sieberthvariant · German
- Sibertvariant · German
- Seiberzvariant · German
- Seibertzvariant · German
- Seibertsvariant · German
- Seebertvariant · German
- Zeibertvariant · German
- Seuberthvariant · German
- Seubertvariant · German
- Saeubertvariant · German
- Säubertvariant · German
- Seyberthvariant · German
- Seybertvariant · German
- Seiberthvariant · German
- Saibertvariant · German
- Seabertvariant
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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