50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Old German name derived from the elements got "god" and beraht "bright". This was the name of a 7th-century king of the Lombards. Related Names Rootsgot + beraht Categories ends in -bert, God, kings, light, theophoric names Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 678.