Walbert
m.
Old Frankish, Old German walh 'foreigner, stranger; slave' from Proto-Germanic *walhaz, from a Celtic tribal name or Old Saxon wald, Old High German walt 'power, authority' + Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.
The name of a 7th C saint.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 657 Vualibertus (nom) DCEL-2 CCCXXVIII;
909 Vualbertus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 77;
1162 Galberti (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXIII
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Walberto (abl) TradCorb §112,
Walbertus (nom) ibid. §130,
Walhberctus (nom) ibid. §117,
Waltberktus (nom) ibid. §13;
1135 Walbertus (nom) quix-vol1 95
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Valperti (gen) BBC-Berg 204
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Walbert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Walbert.