Cuthbert

English

"famous, brilliant"

Cuthbert Origin and Meaning

The name Cuthbert is a boy's name of English origin meaning "famous, brilliant".

Years ago we might have said that this name was unthinkable, but with clunky, old-fashioned names being so popular right now — consider Augustus, Stanley, Wilfred, etc — what's to stop Cuthbert from becoming more wearable? Bertie is a cute (and very fashionable) nickname option for this grand old name, though Curt and Kit might work too.

Meaning "famous, brilliant" or "familiar, bright", Cuthbert is an Old English name, notably borne by a 6th century saint who lived as a hermit on an English island and was able to perform miracles.

The name notably appears as the surname of Anne Shirley's guardians, Marilla and Matthew, in L.M Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, while in The Adventures of Tintin comics, there's a Professor Cuthbert Calculus. It's also used in the long-running British comic, The Beano, in which Cuthbert Cringeworthy is the "teacher's pet" of The Bash Street Kids.

Cuthbert last appeared in the US stats back in the 1950s, however, in England and Wales, the name has been given to 17 boys since 2020 and in the most recent data, it ranked alongside Crewe, Corby, and Crispin.

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Famous People Named Cuthbert

• Saint Cuthbert 6th,century hermit who became the bishop of Lindisfarne (an island off the coast of England); he was known for performing healing miracles, and had 72 churches dedicated to him
• Cuthbert Lord Collingwood (1748,1810), British admiral during the Napoleonic Wars

The name Cuthbert in Pop Culture

• Cuthbert Helmsdale lustful Bishop of Melchester in Thomas Hardy's "Two on a Tower" (1882)
• Cuthbert Clare a character in Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
• Matthew Cuthbert Marilla Cuthbert, and Walter Cuthbert Blythe, characters in the "Anne of Green Gables" series by L.M. Montgomery
• Cuthbert Binns ghost, History of Magic professor in the "Harry Potter" series
• Cuthbert de Lance main character in G. A. Henty's "Winning His Spurs"
• Cuthbert Allgood character from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series
• Cuthbert Calculus a scientist in "Adventures of Tintin"
• Cuthbert Rumbold from BBC's Are You Being Served?