Engelbrecht (or Englebrecht, Engelbrekt) is a common

family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

(

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

) of Germanic origin. The name ''Engelbrecht'' has multiple translations, including "Angel Glorious" and "Bright Angel". The Surname Database says the name is a Dutch variant of an

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

sometimes spelled Ingelbert or Engelbert.Surname Database: Engelbrecht Last Name Origin
Accessed September 10, 2010 ''Engel'' can translate as "Angle" (the name of a German folk hero), a person from

Angeln Angeln (; ) is a peninsula on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of Jutland, in the Bay of Kiel. It forms part of Southern Schleswig, the northernmost region of Germany. The peninsula is bounded on the north by the Flensburg Firth, which separates it ...

, or "angel". ''Brecht'' can translate as "bright" or "famous". The name was popular in

Middle Age Middle age (or middle adulthood) is the age range of the years halfway between childhood and old age. The exact range is subject to public debate, but the term is commonly used to denote the age range from 45 to 65 years. Overall This time span ...

France because it was the name of a son-in-law of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

.Engelbrecht - Nordic Names Wiki
Accessed March 4, 2014German-American names - Google Books
Accessed September 10, 2010 The first spelling variant of this name recorded in a survey was the Latinized given name ''Engelbricus'' in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1089. ''Engelbricht de Stanlega'' was recorded in the

Pipe rolls The Pipe rolls, sometimes called the Great rollsBrown ''Governance'' pp. 54–56 or the Great Rolls of the Pipe, are a collection of financial records maintained by the English Exchequer, or Treasury, and its successors, as well as the Exche ...

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

of 1176. ''Robert Ingleberd'' was the first record of a variant of "Engelbrecht" used as a family name, dated 1230 in the Pipe rolls of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

. Some variations of the surname Engelbrecht such as Engelbert and Engelberdt are common.Engelbrecht Family Crest and Name History
Accessed September 10, 2010 There was in the county of Flanders a family of Inghelbrechts whose name is recorded since the 13th century. Their offspring live mainly in actual Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Australia.

Given name

* Roald Engelbrecht Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928), Norwegian explorer of polar regions *

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390s – 4 May 1436) was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military leader of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union. Biograp ...

or Engelbrecht Engelbrechtsson (1390s-1436), Swedish statesman and rebel *

Engelbert Kaempfer Engelbert Kaempfer (16 September 16512 November 1716) was a German natural history, naturalist, physician, exploration, explorer, and writer known for his tour of Russia, Iran, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693. He ...

or Engelbrecht (1651–1716), German traveler and physician * Engelbrecht Rodenburg, Dutch volleyball player

Surname

* Adriaan Engelbrecht, South African rugby player * Daniel Engelbrecht, German football player * Erwin Engelbrecht (1891–1964), German military officer, commander of Engelbrecht Division * Grazjyna Engelbrecht, South African field hockey player * H. C. Engelbrecht (1895–1939), American author * Ian Engelbrecht, Zimbabwean cricketer *

Jacques Engelbrecht Jacques Jacobus "Vleis" Engelbrecht (born 10 June 1985) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing in France with French Pro D2 side US Montauban, Montauban. He can play as a flanker or a number eight. Career Youth / ...

, South African rugby player * JJ Engelbrecht, South African rugby player * Joubert Engelbrecht, South African rugby player * Julie Engelbrecht, French-born German actress * Kim Engelbrecht, South African actress * Morné Engelbrecht, Namibian cricketer * Rabian Engelbrecht, South African cricketer * Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, American economist * Sybrand Engelbrecht (soldier) (1913–1994), South African Defence Force chief * Sybrand Engelbrecht (cricketer) (born 1988), South African cricketer * Willem Anthony Engelbrecht (1839–1921), Dutch jurist

Fictional characters

*Engelbrecht, a "dwarf surrealist boxer" in short stories by Maurice Richardson

Sources

{{surname Surnames of German origin Afrikaans-language surnames Dutch-language surnames

Given name

Surname

Fictional characters

See also

Sources