Gebhard
Gebhard is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name comes from Old High German and is a two-part name, consisting of geba (= the gift) and harti or herti (= hard, strong, firm, resolute). One can translate this as “the one who loves to give”.
In the Middle Ages, the name was spread through the veneration of St. Gebhard, Bishop of Constance (see below).
Remembrance day
- June 15 ( Gebhard von Helfenstein , Archbishop of Salzburg)
- August 27 ( Gebhard II of Konstanz , patron saint of Vorarlberg )
Name bearer
First name
- Gebhard I. (Constance) , Bishop of Constance
- Gebhard I. (Speyer) , Bishop of Speyer
- Gebhard I. (Querfurt) (~ 970– ~ 1017), Lord of Querfurt
- Gebhard I (Regensburg) († 1023), Bishop of Regensburg
- Gebhard I. von Eichstätt (~ 1020–1057), Bishop of Eichstätt, Pope, see Viktor II.
- Gebhard I. von Plain (1170–1232), Bishop of Passau
- Gebhard I. von Waldburg (1547–1601), Elector and Archbishop of Cologne
- Gebhard II of Bregenz (949–995), Bishop of Konstanz, saint, see Gebhard von Konstanz
- Gebhard II. (Regensburg) († 1036), Bishop of Regensburg
- Gebhard II of Urach († 1110), Bishop of Speyer
- Gebhard II. (Querfurt) († 1126), Count of Querfurt
- Gebhard II of Grögling († 1149), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- Gebhard II. Zur Lippe (~ 1190–1258), Archbishop of Bremen and Bishop of Hamburg
- Gebhard III. (Regensburg) († 1060), Bishop of Regensburg
- Gebhard III. von Zähringen († 1110), Bishop of Constance
- Gebhard III. von Sulzbach (~ 1114–1188), German nobleman
- Gebhard III. von Hirschberg († ~ 1232), Count von Hirschberg, Dollnstein and Grögling, Domvogt von Eichstätt
- Gebhard III. von Graisbach († 1327), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
- Gebhard IV von Gosham (also von Gotzenheim or von Hohenlohe-Gotzesheim ; † 1105), Bishop of Regensburg
- Gebhard IV of Querfurt († 1213/1216), burgrave of Magdeburg
- Gebhard IV. Von Hirschberg (around 1190–1275?), Count von Hirschberg
- Gebhard VII. (≈1261–1305), Count von Hirschberg
- Gebhard XIV. Von Alvensleben (mentioned 1393–1425), German lord of the castle and governor
- Gebhard XVII. von Alvensleben († 1541), German governor and governor
- Gebhard XXIII. von Alvensleben (1584–1627), German governor
- Gebhard XXV. von Alvensleben (1618–1681), German historian
- Gebhard Hermann Werner von Alvensleben (1847–1906), General
- Gebhard Johann I von Alvensleben (1576–1631), German landlord and astronomer
- Gebhard Johann Achaz von Alvensleben (1764–1840), German landowner
- Gebhard Karl Ludolf von Alvensleben (1798–1867), Prussian general
- Gebhard Nikolaus von Alvensleben (1824–1909), Prussian chief forester
- Gebhard im Lahngau († 879), Count in Lahngau
- Gebhard (Lorraine) (888–910), Duke of Lorraine
- Gebhard von Konstanz (949–995), saint, bishop of Konstanz
- Gebhard (Salzburg) (~ 1010–1088), Archbishop of Salzburg
- Gebhard (Ortenburg) († 1275), Count of Murach, Count of Ortenburg
- Gebhard von Henneberg (~ 1100–1159), Bishop of Würzburg
- Gebhard von Mansfeld (~ 1500–1562), Archbishop of Cologne
- Gebhard von Urach , Bishop of Strasbourg between 1131 and 1141
- Gebhard Büchel (* 1921), Liechtenstein decathlete
- Gebhard Fürst (* 1948), Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
- Gebhard Greiling (1910–2008), German general physician
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian Field Marshal General
- Gebhard Levin Lüdecke (1662–1732), Princely Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttelscher Hofrat, Mayor of Braunschweig
- Gebhard Müller (1900–1990), German politician
- Gebhard Seelos (1901–1984), German politician
- Gebhard von Brandenburg , Bishop of Brandenburg
family name
- Albert Gebhard (1832–1907), Baden ministerial official
- Andreas Gebhard (* 1975), German youth politician (Green Youth)
- Andreas Manfred Gebhard (* 1997), German-Austrian sailor
- Angelika Gebhard , German author, filmmaker, circumnavigator and animal rights activist
- Brigitte Haas-Gebhard (* 1963), German medieval archaeologist
- Bruno Gebhard (1901–1985), German-American physician
- Carl Gebhard (1861–1903), German gynecologist
- David Gebhard (art historian) (1917–1996), American art historian
- David Gebhard (journalist) (* around 1985), German journalist
- Derek Gebhard (* 1995), American football player
- Dieter Gebhard (* 1952), German hurdler, sprinter and bobsledder.
- Felix Gebhard , German musician and photographer
- Florian Gebhard (* 1960), German orthopedist and trauma surgeon
- Friedrich Ernst Gebhard (1823–1889), German mayor and member of parliament
- Friedrich Roman Gebhard (1742–1803), German Catholic priest, Jesuit and scholar
- Hanns Niedecken-Gebhard (1889–1954), German theater director and artistic director
- Hans Gebhard (composer) (1897–1974), German composer and music teacher
- Hans Gebhard (church musician) (* 1929), German church musician, organist, composer and conductor
- Hans Gebhard-Elsaß (1882–1947), German composer and music teacher
- Heike Gebhard (* 1954), German politician (SPD)
- Helmut Gebhard (1926–2015), German architect and university professor
- Hermann Gebhard (lawyer) (1843–1906), German lawyer and politician (NLP)
- Hermann Gebhard (farmer) (1878–1928), German farmer and politician, MdL Baden
- Johann Gebhard (1676–1756) German fresco painter
- John Gebhard (1782–1854), American lawyer and politician
- Julius Gebhard (1884–1966), German educationalist at the University of Hamburg
- Justus von Gebhard (1588–1656), lawyer and envoy to Emperor Ferdinand II.
- Karl Gebhard (1800–1874), German forester, specialist author and specialist teacher
- Luca Davide Gebhard (* 1974), German-Italian architect, designer
- Ludwig Gebhard (musician) (1907–1993), German church musician and music teacher
- Ludwig Gebhard (artist) (1933–2007), German graphic designer and artist
- Ludwig Gebhard (District President) (1891–1956), German lawyer
- Marie Gebhard (1832-1892), German theosophist
- Max Gebhard (musician) (1896–1978), German musician, composer and music teacher
- Max Gebhard (graphic artist) (1906–1990), German graphic artist
- Melanie Gebhard (* 1980), German musical actress
- Nicky Gebhard (* 1952), German drummer, author, composer, music teacher and journalist
- Otto Gebhard (1703–1773), German fresco painter
- Paul Gebhard (1917–2015), American anthropologist and sexologist
- Peter Gebhard (* 1959), German photographer and journalist
- Philipp Müller-Gebhard (1889–1970), German lieutenant general
- Philipp August Gebhard (1805–1874), German wine merchant, pharmacist and politician (DFP, NLP)
- Renate Gebhard (* 1977), Italian lawyer and politician of the South Tyrolean People's Party
- Rupert Gebhard (* 1961), German prehistoric archaeologist
- Rollo Gebhard (1921–2013), German single-handed sailor, author and animal rights activist
- Tamás Gebhard (* 1968), Hungarian badminton player
- Torsten Gebhard (1909–1994), German folklorist, art historian and monument conservator
- Viktor Gebhard (1896–1957), German classical philologist and high school teacher
- Walter Gebhard (1936–2019), German Germanist and university professor
- Werner Gebhard (1921–1997), German civil servant, trade unionist and senator (Bavaria)
- Wilfried Gebhard (* 1944), German picture book author, illustrator and cartoonist
- Wolfgang Magnus Gebhard (1683–1755), German draftsman and engraver
- Yvonne Gebhard (born Stierwald ; * 1963), German javelin thrower
Companies
- former silk weaving mill Gebhard & Co. AG in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, see Gebhard building