Boy · Old English
Cuthbeorht
Say it: KOOTH-bay-orkht
Meaning
From Old English cuth 'known, famous' and beorht 'bright'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The cult of St Cuthbert at Durham kept the name in use in northern England and southern Scotland long after most Old English names had died out.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Cuthbert
Famous bearers
- St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- Cuthbert Tunstall, bishop of Durham
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Parish baptism registers
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