Save Gender Masculine Usage East Frisian, West Frisian Pronounced Pron. IE-bə(East Frisian) EY-bə(West Frisian) [key] Meaning & History Frisian short form of names that have ag for a first element (for an elaborate description of ag, please see Agmund), and of which the second element starts with a "b". The name Egbert is a good example of that.