English: from a Middle English personal name Holbert, which
according to Reaney is probably a survival of an unrecorded Old
English name Holdbeorht, composed of the Germanic elements
hold ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’, or ‘loyal’ + berht
‘bright’, ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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