Entry № 11510 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Werburgh Werburgh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ WER-burg /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Mercian saint (patron of Chester)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "mercian saint (patron of chester)".

Saint Werburgh (c. 650-700) was the Mercian princess and abbess of Ely — patron saint of Chester, where her shrine drew pilgrims throughout the Middle Ages.

Mercian saint. Patron of Chester Cathedral.

The name in its native script.

Werburgh
Transliteration
Werburgh
Pronunciation
/ ˈwɜːr.bɜːrɡ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Werburgh stands.

Werburgh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Werburghs before her.

Real people
Saint Werburgh
Patron saint of Chester.
c. 650 – 700
In fiction
Werburgh
Common in Anglo-Saxon historical fiction.

Names connected to Werburgh.

The number behind Werburgh.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Werburgh reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.