Engelbert

Engelbert is a male given name.

Origin and meaning of the name

The name is made up of the Old High German components angil (= Angle ) and beraht (shiny).

variants

Engelbrecht , Bert , Engelbart

Name days

• February 18 : Angilbert
• April 10th : Engelbert von Admont
• June 8 : Engelbert von Schäftlarn († 1153)
• July 10 : Engelbert Kolland
• November 7th : Engelbert I of Cologne

Well-known namesake

Ruler's name

• Engelbert (Carinthia) († 1141), Duke of Carinthia
• Engelbert I (Spanheim) († 1096), Margrave of Istria
• Engelbert I (Nassau) (1370–1442), Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
• Engelbert I. (Berg) († 1189), Count
• Engelbert I (Gorizia) († 1122), Count
• Engelbert I. von der Mark († 1277), Count
• Engelbert I. (Ziegenhain) (before 1270 - 1329), no later than 1294 Count von Ziegenhain and Nidda zu Nidda
• Engelbert II von der Mark († 1328), Count
• Engelbert II. (Nassau) (1451–1504), Count of Nassau-Breda
• Engelbert II. (Gorizia) († 1191), Count
• Engelbert III. (Gorizia) († 1220), Count
• Engelbert III. (Brienne) († ≈1035), Count
• Engelbert III. von der Mark (≈1330–1391), Graf
• Engelbert III. (Spanheim) († 1173), Margrave of Istria
• Engelbert IV. (Sieghardinger) (≈990-1040), son of Count Engelbert III. in the Chiemgau; Graf im Norital, Inngau, and Pustertal
• Engelbert von Attel and Reichenhall (≈1100–1161), Count
• Engelbert von Kleve (1462–1506), Count of Nevers and Eu
• Ludwig Engelbert (Arenberg) (1750–1820), Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot and Meppen and Prince of Recklinghausen
• Engelbert-Maria von Arenberg (1872–1949), German nobleman and 9th Duke of the House of Arenberg

Episcopal name

• Engelbert I. von Isenberg († 1250), Bishop of Osnabrück
• Engelbert I of Cologne (1185 / 86–1225), Archbishop of Cologne, also called Count Engelbert II of Berg
• Engelbert II. Von Falkenburg (≈1220–1274), Archbishop of Cologne
• Engelbert III. von der Mark (Cologne) (1304–1368), Archbishop of Cologne
• Engelbert von Brabant († 1199), Bishop of Olomouc
• Engelbert von Kurland OP, Bishop of Courland 1234–36 / 37
• Egilbert von Ortenburg (≈1040–1101), Archbishop of Trier

Abbot name

• Engelbert († after 1236), abbot of the Ebrach monastery
• Engelbert von Admont (≈1250–1331), abbot of Admont Abbey
• Engelbert von Syrgenstein (1694–1760), Prince Abbot of the Prince Abbey of Kempten (1747–1760)

First name

• Engelbert Broda (1910–1983), Austrian physicist and chemist
• Engelbert Dollfuß (1892–1934), Austrian Federal Chancellor, founder of the Austro-Fascist corporate state
• Engelbert Endrass (1911–1941), bearer of the Knight's Cross in the German Navy
• Engelbert Hüging (* 1957), German table tennis player
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921), German composer of the late Romantic period
• Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716), German physician and explorer
• Engelbert Klüpfel (1733–1811), Catholic theologian
• Engelbert Kraus (1934-2016), German soccer player
• Engelbert Kupka (* 1939), Bavarian politician of the CSU
• Engelbert Lanz (1820–1904), Austrian composer and music teacher
• Engelbert Mang (1883–1955), Austrian architect
• Engelbert Mühlbacher (1843–1903), Austrian historian
• Engelbert Niebler (1921–2006), German lawyer and judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• Engelbert von Nordhausen (* 1948), German actor and voice actor
• Engelbert Obernosterer (* 1936), Austrian writer
• Engelbert Peiffer (1830–1896), German sculptor and medalist
• Engelbert Pernerstorfer (1850–1918), Austrian politician and journalist
• Engelbert Plassmann (* 1935), German lawyer, librarian and library scientist
• Engelbert Seibertz (1813–1905), German portrait and history painter
• Engelbert Seibertz (1856–1929), German architect
• Engelbert Siebler (1937–2018), German auxiliary bishop
• Engelbert Sonneborn (* 1938), candidate of the Pirate Party and the party for the election of the German Federal President in 2017
• Engelbert Sterckx (1792–1867), Belgian Archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal
• Engelbert Wistuba (* 1953), German politician (SPD)
• Engelbert Wusterwitz (around 1385–1433), important chronicler of the history of the Brandenburg region
• Engelbert Zaschka (1895–1955), German chief engineer, designer, inventor and helicopter pioneer

stage name

• Engelbert (* 1936), also Engelbert Humperdinck, but not related to the composer of the same name (see above)

family name

• Arthur Engelbert (* 1951), German media scientist
• Heinz Engelbert (* 1922), German lawyer
• Hermann Engelbert (1830–1900), Israelite religion teacher and rabbi
• Jörg Thomas Engelbert (* 1961), German language and cultural researcher
• Josef Engelbert (1891–1969), German pastor (until 1949) to St. Michael in Breslau (like Kurt Engelbert born in Wansen )
• Kurt Engelbert (1886–1967), German director of the diocesan archive and museum and the cathedral library in Breslau
• Manfred Engelbert (* 1942), German novelist
• Moses Engelbert (Mosche Meir ben Naftali; 1830–1891), rabbi
• Pius Engelbert (* 1936), German Benedictine abbot
• Sally Fritz Engelbert (1886–1958), German politician (LDP, FDP), member of the Berlin House of Representatives

Place name

• Engelbert, district of Groningen

See also

• Englebert , former Belgian tire manufacturer