Eggert

Eggert (or Egert) is a Anglo-Germanic given name and surname, deriving from the root *agi meaning "edge".

As a given name, Eggert/Egert is masculine and is primarily used in Iceland. As a surname, Eggert is common among Ashkenazi Jewish families.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Eggert Achen (1853–1913), Danish architect
  • Eggert Guðmundsson (born 1964), Icelandic football goalkeeper
  • Eggert Jóhannesson, Icelandic football manager
  • Eggert Jónsson (born 1988), Icelandic football midfielder
  • Eggert Magnússon (born 1947), Icelandic businessman, former President of the Football Association of Iceland
  • Eggert Ólafsson (1726–1768), Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language
  • Eggert Reeder (1894–1959), German jurist and civil servant
  • Eggert Gíslason Þorsteinsson (1925–1995), Icelandic politician, Minister of Social Affairs
  • Vaclav Egert (1910-1992), Czech model and actor
  • František Egert (1851-1948), Czech activist for Jewish rights, rabbi and civil servant

Surname

See also

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