Last name origins & meanings:
- German: from Middle High German uober ‘active’, ‘busy’,
‘enterprising’ (from Middle High German uoben ‘to be busy’),
hence a nickname for an active or adventurous person.
- German: from the
Germanic personal name Audoberht, composed of the elements
od ‘property’, ‘possession’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
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