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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Engelbert m. Old High German engil 'angel' or an elongation of Old Icelandic ing(i), of uncertain origin but perhaps identical with the god name Ing or Yngvi, also of uncertain origin, + Old German berhta 'bright'.

Forms of Engilbert and Ingalbert are often impossible to distinguish from each other.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Enghelbertus (nom) JeanIII p. 41
England
Latin
1189 Ingelbertus (nom) GASurv p. 221
Dutch
1582 Engelbert AuFr Cempen
Early Modern English
1544 Ingilbert StNick-Sf p. 1
Estonia
Middle Low German
1383 Engelbrecht BbRT p. 336; 1397 Engelberd ibid. p. 340; 1412 Engelberd ibid. p. 346; 1415 Engelberd ibid. p. 347; 1422 Engelberd ibid. p. 350; 1433 Engelbrecht ibid. p. 356; 1437 Engelbrecht ibid. p. 359
1592 Inge Tiik1977 p. 285
France
Latin
c823 Ingalbertus (nom) irminon-vol2 64; 1031 Ingelberti (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 107; c1050 Inguilbertus (nom) StVdM-II 675; 1079x1101 Ingelberti (gen) CartStPC IX; 1147 Engelberto (abl) clairvaux-12thc 19, Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 15, Ingelbertus (nom) ibid. 18; 1163–64 Engilbertus (nom) ibid. 115; 1179 Hingelberto (abl) ibid. 179, Ingelbertus (nom) ibid. 177; 1190 Engilbertus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CIII; 1378 Engelberti (gen) hanquetvol1 1376, Engilberto (dat) ibid. 1762
Middle French
1493 Englebert MSR1838 p. 380
1421 Englebin favier 1023, p. 222
Germany
Latin
1134 Engelbertus (nom) quix-vol1 97; 1137 Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 102; 1189 Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 82; 1192 Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 40; 1196 Engelberto (abl) ibid. 68, Engilberto (abl) ibid. 68; 1216 Engilbertus (nom) hennes-vol1 22; 1218 Engelbertus (nom) quix-vol2 127; 1220 Engelbertus (nom) hennes-vol1 47; 1221 Engelberto (abl) quix-vol2 130; 1222 Engelberto (abl) ibid. 132, Engelbertus (nom) quix-vol1 74; 1223 Engelbertus (nom) quix-vol2 136; 1224 Engilbertus (nom) hennes-vol1 66; 1259 Eggelbertus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI, Engelberti (gen) ibid. XXXI, Engelbertus (nom) ibid. XXXI
Italy
Latin
827 Engilperht (nom) FRA-XXXL 11; 1237 Engelpreti (gen) TirNot1 582, Engelpretus (nom) ibid. 584
Latvia
Latin
1286 Engelbertus (nom) RigSB 326; 1288 Eggelbertus (nom) ibid. 333; 1289 Eggelbertus (nom) ibid. 332, Engelberti (gen) ibid. 509, Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 340; 1290 Eggelbertus (nom) ibid. 345; 1291 Eggelbertus (nom) ibid. 347; 1293 Eggelbertus (nom) ibid. 351; 1294 Eggelbertus (nom) ibid. 355; 1299 Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 364; 1303 Engelbertus (nom) ibid. 372; 1307 Engilbertus (nom) ibid. 378
The Netherlands
Latin
1356 Enghelbertus (nom) GesOIJ-1 p. 301; 1387 Engelbertus (nom) ibid. p. 305
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Engelbert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Engelbert.