Family name origins & meanings
- English : from the Middle English personal name Cudbert, Old English Cu{dh}beorht, composed of the elements cū{dh} ‘famous’, ‘well known’ + beorht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. The name was borne by a 7th-century saint, bishop of Hexham and later of Lindisfarne, and remained popular because of his cult throughout the Middle Ages, especially in northern England and the lowlands of Scotland.