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Derived from Old English enġel + beorht, as a normalized form of Anglo-Norman Ingelbert, Medieval Latin Engelbricus (Domesday Book), and various names from medieval France and Germany such as Early Medieval Latin Angilbertus and Old High German Engilberht.
First known use, by meaning
- 1897 A male given name in Old English
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.