Ethelbert
Æthelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Ethelbert
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Æthelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Ethelbert
American parents first put Ethelbert on the record books as a baby boy name in 1887, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 14 Ethelberts were born — ranking #2,043 that year. About 38% of every Ethelbert on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ethelbert last appeared in the published SSA data in 1975, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 178 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ethelbert
Ethelbert is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1887 and has accumulated 178 births in the dataset. Ethelbert's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,043. Use the chart and map above to compare Ethelbert's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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