Eggert

Eggert or Egert is an Anglo-Germanic given name and surname related to the Egerton family as a minor branch, deriving from the root *agi meaning "edge". The full meaning of the name translated from German to English would be "edge of a sword".¹

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

Notable people with the name include:

• 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

• Anders Eggert (born 1982), Danish handball player
• Christian Eggert (born 1986), German footballer
• Elmer Eggert (1902–1971), American baseball player
• Franz Xaver Eggert (1802–1876), German glass painter
• Hans Eggert (born 1946), German journalist
• Hermann Eggert (1844–1920), German architect
• Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), Swedish composer and musical director
• Konstantin Eggert (1883–1955), Russian actor and film director
• Maren Eggert (born 1974), German actress
• Michael Eggert (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Michael Eggert (businessman) (born 1975), Danish businessmen
  • Michael Eggert (footballer) (born 1952), German footballer
• Moritz Eggert (born 1965), German composer and pianist
• Nicole Eggert (born 1972), American actress
• Otto Eggert (1874–1944), German geodesist
• Peter Eggert (born 1943), German football player and manager
• Toni Eggert, German luge

• Pelswick Eggert, the titular character from the animated show John Callahan's Pelswick