Elbert as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Elbert

What is the meaning of the name Elbert ?

The baby name Elbert is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɛlbərt/ (EL-bert).

Elbert is Germanic in Origin.

Elbert is an English and Dutch masculine given name deriving from the Germanic elements adal/æthel “noble” and berht/beorht “bright, famous.” It arose as a contracted or vernacular variant of Albert and of the Old English royal name Æthelberht (Ethelbert), so it carries the sense “noble-bright” or “illustrious by nobility.”

Medieval saints and rulers bearing Albert/Adalbert and Æthelberht helped cement the name-family across Europe. Elbert took root in the Low Countries and later in English-speaking lands; in the United States it peaked from the 1880s to the 1920s and then waned, now read as vintage. Notable bearers include American essayist Elbert Hubbard and mathematician Elbert Frank Cox. Related forms and cognates include Albert, Adalbert, Alberto, Albertus, and the archaic Dutch Aelbert; the Anglo-Saxon counterpart is Ethelbert/Æthelberht. Common short forms are El, Bert, Bertie, and Elbie.