Cuthbert
m.
Old English cūþ 'known, famous' + Old English beorht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.
The name of a 7th C Northumbrian saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 796 Cuthbeortho (dat) CSM p. 2
- ◑ 1279–80 Cuthe (nom) WaHR-SK p. 50
- Early Modern English
- ● 1526 Cuthbert WillsInv LXXVII;
1532–1533 Cuthbert CovGuild-2 p. 103;
1534 Cuthberd ibid. p. 129;
1543 Cutbert StAnthonlin p. 4,
Cuthbert WillsInv LXXXIX;
1545 Cutbert StAnthonlin p. 5;
1546 Cutbert ibid. p. 5,
Cutburt ibid. p. 5;
1549 Cutbert ibid. p. 7;
1550 Cutber ibid. p. 8;
1552 Cutberd ibid. p. 9,
Cutbert ibid. p. 9;
1563 Cuthbert BUmar-vol2 p. 60;
1570 Chutbert bruton1 p. 39,
Cuthbert BEmar-vol1 p. 8;
1571 Cuthbertt bruton1 p. 6;
1583 Cuthbart MemStGiles p. 11;
1585 Cuthbert DEmar-vol2 p. 11;
1588 Cuthbertt bruton1 p. 118;
1589 Cudbert DEmar-vol1 p. 85;
1598 Cuthbert BUmar-vol2 p. 66
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1376 Cudberto (abl) morton-vol1 16,
Cuthberto (dat) ibid. 16
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Cuthbert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Cuthbert.