Corbet
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: From a medieval nickname literally meaning ‘little crow’
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/kɔʁbɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Corbet is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From a medieval nickname literally meaning ‘little crow’.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
How Corbet is read
(measured from records)Corbet is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French45%
De l’ancien français corbet « corbeau »; surnom d’après une caractéristique de l’oiseau.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
- English44%
From a medieval nickname literally meaning ‘little crow’.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
from OFr corbet ‘raven’, probably a nickname for one with dark hair or complexion; first attested Rogerius filius Corbet 1086 DB (Sa)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
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Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Corbet is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In nrm, carrion crow
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Richard Corbetb. 1582GBEnglish bishop
- Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Sprowstonb. 1589English politician
- Miles Corbetb. 1595GBEnglish politician and regicide
- William Corbetb. 1702British Member of Parliament (1702-1748)
- William Corbetb. 1779FRFrench general (1779–1842)
- Edith Corbetb. 1846AUBritish artist (1846-1920)
- Matthew Ridley Corbetb. 1850GBBritish artist (1850-1902)
- Philip Steven Corbetb. 1929MYBritish entomologist (1929–2008)
- René Corbetb. 1973CACanadian ice hockey player
- Brady Corbetb. 1988USAmerican film director and actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)23 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 633 | #33,933 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 631 | #35,622 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 612 | #38,883 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 329 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 281 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 261 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 259 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 258 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 237 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 235 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 190 | — |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 153 | #13,321 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Corbet mean, and where does it come from?
- From a medieval nickname literally meaning ‘little crow’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Corbet?
- A machine transcription gives /kɔʁbɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Corbet have the most bearers?
- Corbet is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Corbet”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.