Egbert

Several Anglo-Saxon persons were named Ecgberht (or Ecgbert or Egbert). The name itself means "Bright Edge," such as that of a blade.

• Ecgberht of Kent (ruled 664–673)
• Saint Egbert (died 729), hermit and missionary
• Ecgbert, archbishop of York (died 766)
• Egbert II of Kent (died c. 784)
• Egbert of Lindisfarne (died 821)
• Egbert of Wessex (ruled 802–839)
• Ecgberht I of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873)
• Ecgberht II of Northumbria (reigned 876-878x883)

Egbert, Ekbert, or Ecbert is also an old German name:

• Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068)
• Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (ca. 1060-1090)
• Egbert Cleave, American author
• Egbert Gospels, commissioned by Archbishop Egbert of Trier (ca. 950 – 993)

Egbert or Egberts is also a surname:

• Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Harry C. Egbert (1839–1899), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army
• James Chidester Egbert, Jr. (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator
• James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980)
• Joseph Egbert (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York
• Sherwood Egbert(1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation
• William Egbert (1857–1836), Canadian physician and politician

Egbert may also refer to:

• The town of Egbert, Ontario
• Mount Egbert on Alexander Island, Antarctica
• The skeleton of a Paleolithic, eight-year-old Homo sapiens discovered at Ksar Akil in Lebanon

Eggbert

• Refers to a mythological talking egg in children's stories.
• Variant of humpty dumpty
• Eggbert, a variant spelling used as a play on "egg", as with Speedy Eggbert.