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.

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