Seibert is a surname of

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origin. It comes from the German personal name ''Seibert'', which was formed from

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 ...

''sigu''/

Old Saxon Old Saxon (), also known as Old Low German (), was a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German (spoken nowadays in Northern Germany, the northeastern Netherlands, southern Denmark, the Americas and parts of Eastern Eur ...

''*sigi'', meaning victory, and Old High German ''beraht''/Old Saxon ''berht'', meaning bright. The "g" was dropped and the first vowel became a

diphthong A diphthong ( ), also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of ...

. There are 3495 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the west of the country. Variants include

Siegbert Siegbert is the given name of: * Siegbert Alber (1936–2021), German politician * Siegbert Droese (born 1969), German politician * Siegbert Einstein (1889–1968), German-Jewish politician, factory worker, civil servant, lawyer and Holocaust survi ...

Siebert Siebert is a surname derived from the Germanic personal name composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Pressas cited by ancestry.com Notable people ...

, Siepert, Seiberth, Saibert and Zeiberts.

List of people surnamed Seibert

Austin Seibert Austin Mitchell Seibert (born November 15, 1996) is an American professional football placekicker. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was named the 2018 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, and was selected by the ...

(born 1997), American football player * Donald Seibert (1922–2003), American college football coach *

Earl Seibert Walter Earl Seibert (December 7, 1910 – May 12, 1990) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for 15 seasons for the Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings between 1931 and 1946. He was inducted into the Hockey Hal ...

(1910–1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Florence B. Seibert (1897–1991), American biochemist *

Fred Seibert Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 an ...

(born 1951), American television producer * Kurt Seibert (born 1955), American baseball player * Lloyd Seibert (1889–1972), American soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor for action in World War I *

Margo Seibert Margo Seibert (born July 21, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Early life Seibert is the daughter of Debbie (née Sykes) and Willis Seibert. She has one sister. She graduated from Glenelg High School in 2002 and American University in 2 ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Mark Seibert Mark Seibert (born 1960) is an American musician, composer, and producer best known for his work on various video games from Sierra Entertainment. Biography Seibert was born in California, U.S. From 1979 to 1986, he performed guitar and vocals f ...

(born 1960), American musician; composer of music for video games * Michael Seibert (born 1960), American champion figure skater * Oliver Seibert (1881–1944), Canadian ice hockey player *

Pete Seibert Peter Werner Seibert (August 7, 1924 – July 15, 2002) was an American skier and the founder of Vail Ski Resort in Colorado. He was inducted into the Colorado Ski (and Snowboard) Hall of Fame in 1980. A Massachusetts native, Seibert gra ...

(1924–2002), American founder of Vail Ski Resort * Robert Seibert (1941–2021), American professor of political science and political commentator * Simon Seibert (1857–1917), New York politician *

Steffen Seibert Steffen Rüdiger Seibert (born 7 June 1960 in Munich) is a German journalist and former television host who serves as German Ambassador to Israel. He previously served as head of the German Federal Government's Press and Information Office and a ...

(born 1960), German journalist and press secretary of the Chancellor's office * Willian Seibert (born 2005), Willian Seibert is a Brazilian motion designer specializing in geek content videos and international campaigns

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