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View Name: Engelbert


ENGELBERT
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: German, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: ENG-el-bert (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Germanic name composed of the elements Angil, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, and beraht "bright". Saint Engelbert was a 13th-century archbishop of Cologne murdered by assassins.
Related Names
VARIANT: Angilberct (Ancient Germanic)



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