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Rambert Dumarest (1750- 1806) was a French engraver and medalist. Some of his original medals may be seen at the Musée du vieux Saint-Étienne.
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Bertram is basically the same name, just flipped around. I think there's a reason Bertram is more prominent than Rambert; it's more appealing.
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This is not quite right, as it is not that simple. [noted -ed]
For Germanic names that start with Ram-, both 'ragin/regin' and 'hraban' are equally possible... as is 'rant' meaning "rim (of a shield)". These elements got mixed up with each other to the point that it can be very hard to distinguish which of the three was originally used.
In the case of Rambert, however, etymological sources tend to lean more towards 'hraban'. Even Förstemann does in his "Altdeutsches Namenbuch". For example, at the end of the entry for Raganbert on page 1226, he says:
"Rambert, Rampert, Rembert etc. s. HRABAN."
Etc. is short for Latin 'et cetera', whilst s. is short for German 'siehe' meaning "see". As such, he is saying that for these names, one should look under HRABAN instead... which indicates that he is more inclined to consider them as belonging to that element, rather than to RAGAN.
He does the exact same thing in the entry for Rantbert on page 1246: "Rambert etc. S. HRABAN."
Other relevant passages from "Altdeutsches Namenbuch":
• page 869 (HRABAN): "Am anfange von compositionen verursachsen einige lautverbindungen eine vermischung mit RAGAN und RANDU, die beide eben so wie HRABAN in Ram- und Ran- übergehn können. Die halbe und ganze assimilation von 'hraban' zu 'hramn', 'hramm', 'hrann' räumlich und zeitlich festzustellen kann eine nicht unergiebige aufgabe für die einzelforschung werden."
• page 1221 (RAGAN): "Die formen Ran-, Ram- unterliegen mischungen mit HRABAN."
• page 1246 (RANDU): "Vermischungen sind leicht möglich mit HRABAN und RAGAN."
Other sources that assign the first element of Rambert (Rambertus in Latin) to HRABAN include:
- https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/verklaring/naam/Rambertus (in Dutch)
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_(Name) (in German)
All in all, it's a bit too simplistic to derive Rambert solely from Raginbert and say that "there seems to be some confusion" with Hrambert. I would recommend revising the entry to state that it's difficult to say with certainty what the first element is, but that there are at least three candidates - of which HRABAN is mentioned most often.