Eadberht

Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Meaning & History

Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and beorht "bright". This was the name of an 8th-century king of Northumbria and three kings of Kent.

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

Catholic saints, fortune, kings, light, Orthodox saints, saints, wealth

Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 176.
Entry updated January 21, 2022