Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht (Old English pronunciation: [ˈedʒberˠxt] ) and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert.

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• People with the first name
• Middle Ages
• Modern era
• People with the surname
• Fictional characters

People with the first name

People with the surname

• Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Harry C. Egbert (1839–1899), US Army brigadier general
• James Chidester Egbert, Jr. (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator
• James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance
• Joseph Egbert (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York
• Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964), New York politician
• Sherwood Egbert (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation
• William Egbert (1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician

Fictional characters

• John Egbert, in the webcomic Homestuck
• Julie Egbert, a character from the Australian television series Prisoner, played by Jackie Woodburne
• Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter
• Egbert, a chicken villager in the Animal Crossing series

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