Where Does the Talbert Surname Come From?

There is no single Talbert family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

What Talbert means

Talbert is a branch of the Tolbert name tree. Its meaning, shared with Tolbert, is “Bright people”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Talbert has “a” where Tolbert has “o”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Tolbart. In the 2010 US Census, 12,181 Americans gave Talbert as their last name (rank 2,944). It sits within the 5,000 most common last names in the country.

Get the complete Talbert report, with a museum-style coat of arms.