Gilbert

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “pledge” and “bright.”.

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Gilbert is a given name of Norman-French origin, itself from Germanic Gisilberht or Gisalberht. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. The first element, Gil-, comes from Germanic gīsil, meaning "shaft of an arrow" or gisal "pledge, hostage", while the second element, -bert comes from Germanic -behrt, short form of beraht, meaning "bright" or "famous". The name was introduced to England by the Normans where it was popular during the Middle Ages. That is the reason why the pronunciation Gil- [gil] reflects the Northern Norman one [gil], as opposed to Old French [dʒil] > French [ʒil] and explains the alternative spelling Guilbert with Guil- [gil].
Variant spellings have evolved throughout Europe, including the Romance language version, Gilberto, and the Latin version, Gilbertus. The diminutive, Gil, is popular as a given name or nickname. Gilbert, with variant spellings, is also used as a surname (see Gilbert).

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Masc. proper name, from Old French Guillebert (from Old High German Williberht, literally "a bright will") or Old French Gilebert, from Gisilbert, literally "a bright pledge," from Old High German gisil "pledge," a Celtic loan-word (compare Old Irish giall "pledge") + beorht "bright" (see bright (adj.)). It was the common name for a male cat (especially in short form Gib) from c. 1400 (see Tom). As a unit of magneto-motive force, it honors English physicist William Gilbert (1544-1603). For the Gilbert Islands, see Kiribati.

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Bright oath. Composed of gisil (pledge) and beraht (bright, famous).

Gilberto, Gil, Gijsbert, Gijs

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Sara Gilbert	1975	American actress
2	Melissa Gilbert	1964	Actress, director
3	Gilbert du Motier	1757	French general and politician
4	Gilbert Arenas	1982	American basketball player
5	Gilbert Gottfried	1955	American actor
6	Gilbert Baker	1951	American artist and gay rights activist
7	Brantley Gilbert	1963	American country singer
8	Elizabeth Gilbert	1969	American writer
9	Chad Gilbert	1981	American musician
10	Gilbert Melendez	1982	American martial artist
11	Jonathan Gilbert	1968	American former television child actor
12	Gilbert O'Sullivan	1946	Singer-songwriter
13	Rhod Gilbert	1968	Welsh comedian
14	Gilbert Stuart	1755	American painter
15	Gilbert Roland	1905	American film actor
16	Gillian Gilbert	1961	English musician, keyboardist, guitarist and singer
17	Justin Gilbert	1991	American football player
18	Chris Payne Gilbert	2000	American actor
19	Brad Gilbert	1961	US tennis player
20	Gilbert Blythe	1862
21	W. S. Gilbert	1836	English librettist of Gilbert & Sullivan fame
22	Garrett Gilbert	1991	American football quarterback
23	William Gilbert	1544	English physician, physicist and natural philosopher
24	Kristen Gilbert	1967	American serial killer
25	Gilbert N. Lewis	1875	American physical chemist
26	Danièle Gilbert	1943	French television presenter
27	Gilbert Ryle	1900	British philosopher
28	Ron Gilbert	1964	American video game designer
29	Humphrey Gilbert	1539	English explorer, Member of Parliament and soldier
30	Johnny Gilbert	1924	American singer
31	Philippe Gilbert	1982	Belgian cyclist
32	Gilbert Yvel	1976	Dutch martial artist
33	Gilbert Lani Kauhi	1937	American actor
34	Gilbert Bécaud	1927	French singer, musician, and actor
35	Gilbert Burns	1986	Mixed martial artist
36	Lewis Gilbert	1920	British film director, producer and screenwriter
37	Gilbert Teodoro	1964	Filipino politician
38	Gilbert Strang	1934	Mathematician
39	Billy Gilbert	1894	1894–1971 American comedian and actor
40	Doug Gilbert	1969	American professional wrestler
41	Gary Gilbert	2000	American film producer
42	Sterlin Gilbert	1978
43	Cass Gilbert	1859	American architect
44	Gilbert R. Chagoury	1946	Nigerian businessman
45	Charles Allan Gilbert	1873	American illustrator
46	Griffiths Anna	1994
47	Ronnie Gilbert	1926	Actress, musician
48	Russell Gilbert	1959	Australian comedian
49	Gilbert E. Patterson	1939	American bishop
50	Gustave Gilbert	1911	American psychologist
51	Ed Gilbert	1931	Actor and biologist
52	Walter Gilbert	1932	American biochemist
53	Gilbert White	1720	British priest and naturalist
54	Gilbert Marciano	1988	Indonesian actor
55	Gilbert Perreault	1950	Canadian ice hockey player
56	Mike Gilbert		American sports agent
57	Daniel Gilbert	1974
58	Sean Gilbert	1970	Player of American football
59	Jack Gilbert	1925	Poet
60	David Gilbert	1981	English snooker player
61	Marcus Gilbert	1958	British actor
62	Gilbert Paul Jordan	1931	Canadian serial killer
63	Mari Gilbert	1964
64	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto	1845	British politician, Governor General of Canada, and Viceroy and Governor-General of India
65	Gilbert Bulawan	1986	Basketball player
66	Gilbert Brulé	1987	Canadian ice hockey player
67	Gilbert Brisbois	1974	French journalist
68	Gilbert Diendere	1960	Burkinabé military officer
69	Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester	1243	English nobleman
70	Gilbert Vernam	1890	American cryptographer
71	Gilbert Lachance	1964	Canadian actor and dub actor
72	Rod Gilbert	1941	Canadian ice hockey player
73	Tommy Gilbert	1940	Professional wrestler
74	Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor	1875	American photojournalist
75	Gracie Gilbert	1992	Australian actress
76	Dan Gilbert	1962	American businessman
77	Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke	1100	Earl of Pembroke
78	Gilbert Shelton	1940	Cartoonist
79	Gilbert Fitz Richard	1100	Anglo-Norman baron in Wales
80	Gilbert von Sohlern	1957	German actor
81	Gilbert Murray	1866	Anglo-Australian scholar
82	Guy Gilbert	1935	French priest
83	Gale Gilbert	1961	American football player
84	Tim Gilbert		Australian television presenter
85	Tom Gilbert	1983	American ice hockey player
86	Gilbert de Botton	1935	British economist
87	Gilbert Kaplan	1941	American businessman and amateur conductor
88	Gilbert Costes	1949
89	Gilbert Levy	1949	French actor
90	Gilbert Simondon	1924	20th century French philosopher
91	Gilbert Moses	1942	Stage, screen, and television director
92	Gilbert Melville Grosvenor	1931	American editor
93	Bruce Gilbert	1946	British musician
94	Gilbert Imlay	1754	American army officer
95	Gilbert Taylor	1914	British cinematographer
96	Gilbert Adair	1944	Scottish novelist and journalist
97	Mads Gilbert	1947	Norwegian anesthesiologist
98	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto	1751	Scottish politician
99	Gilbert Bourdin	1923	French sect leader and religious leader (1923-1998)
100	Kerrea Gilbert	1987	Professional footballer
101	Gilbert Lewis	1941	American actor
102	Gilbert Thiel	1948	French examining magistrate
103	Gilbert Harman	1938	American philosopher
104	Richard fitz Gilbert	1030	Norman lord in England
105	Gilbert Hernandez	1957	Comics creator
106	Gilbert Burnet	1643	Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury
107	Gilbert Harding	1907	English journalist and broadcaster
108	Alfred Carlton Gilbert	1884	American inventor and pole vaulter
109	Martin Gilbert	1955	British businessman
110	Jennifer Gilbert	1968	American businesswoman
111	Gilbert Gress	1941	Footballer
112	Gilbert Cannan	1884	British writer
113	Mark Gilbert	1956	Major League Baseball outfielder
114	Sandra Gilbert	1936	American academic
115	Gilbert Morris	1929	American writer
116	Gilbert Stork	1921	Belgian chemist
117	Jeremy Gilbert
118	Andrew S. Gilbert	1949	Australian actor
119	Gilbert Melki	1958	French actor
120	Gilbert Highet	1906	British academic
121	Ray Gilbert	1912	American lyricist
122	Joel Gilbert	1964	American filmmaker
123	Clark Gilbert		American businessman
124	Paul Gilbert	1951	British psychologist
125	Nicci Gilbert
126	Gilbert Foliot	1110	Medieval English monk and Bishop of London
127	Gilbert Cates	1934	American film director and television producer
128	Gilbert Bigio	1935	A Haitian billionaire and retired businessman
129	Gilbert Romme	1750	French politician
130	Gilbert Herdt	1949	American anthropologist
131	L. Wolfe Gilbert	1886	Composer, lyricist, author, publisher
132	Gilbert Coullier	1946
133	Gilbert Rozon	1954	Businessperson
134	Gilbert Montagné	1951	French musician
135	Gilbert Achcar	1951	French communist
136	Gilbert Gabriel	1956	British musician
137	Dave Gilbert	1976	Independent video game designer
138	Jarron Gilbert	1986	American Football player
139	John Gilbert	1817	English artist, illustrator and engraver
140	Grove Karl Gilbert	1843	American geologist
141	Alfred Gilbert	1854	British artist
142	Gilbert Tennent	1703	American minister
143	Gilbert Collard	1948	French politician and barrister
144	Gilbert F. White	1911	American geographer
145	Kevin Gilbert	1933	Twentieth Indigenous Australian artist, writer and activist
146	Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester	1291	14th-century English magnate
147	Gilbert le Libanais
148	Michael Gilbert	1912	Author
149	Gilbert McAdam	1967	Australian rules footballer
150	Jason Gilbert		Caymanian record producer
151	Gilbert Price	1942	American actor
152	Davies Gilbert	1767	Scientist and mathematician. President of the Royal Society, M.P.
153	Gilbert Koomson	1994	Football player
154	Gilbert Sheldon	1598	Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of London
155	Glenroy Gilbert	1968	Canadian sprint athlete
156	Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester	1180	Magna Carta baron
157	Gilbert Remulla	1970	Filipino politician
158	Harriett Gilbert	1948	English writer, academic and broadcaster
159	Gilbert Deya		Kenyan evangelist
160	Gilbert Sorrentino	1929	American writer
161	Gilbert of Sempringham	1083	English canon regular, religious founder and saint
162	Gilbert Walker	1868	British meteorologist
163	James Gilbert	1923	TV Producer
164	Simon Gilbert	1965	British musician
165	Sam Gilbert	1986	Australian rules footballer
166	Gilbert Shakespeare	1566	Brother of William Shakespeare
167	Gilles Gilbert	1949	Canadian ice hockey player
168	Steve Gilbert	1976	British politician
169	Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley	1915	Gilbert Monckton
170	Gilbert Johnson	1905	Early African American in United States Marine Corps
171	Greg Gilbert	1962	Canadian ice hockey player
172	Gilbert Laffaille	1948	French singer
173	Joey Gilbert	1976	American boxer
174	Gilbert Abbott à Beckett	1811	English barrister and humorist
175	Gilbert Levine	1948	American conductor
176	Eddie Gilbert	1905	Australian cricketer
177	Herschel Burke Gilbert	1918	American composer
178	Gilbert Seldes	1893	Writer
179	Josh Gilbert
180	Gilbert Patten	1866	American writer
181	Gilbert Dionne	1970	Canadian ice hockey player
182	Pedro Gilbert		19th-century pirate
183	Gilbert Meyer	1941	French politician
184	Margaret Gilbert	1942	British philosopher
185	Gilbert Motier de La Fayette	1380	French noble
186	Gilbert Blane	1748	Scottish physician
187	Gilbert Ling	1919	American scientist
188	Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury	1552	English politician and Earl
189	Gilbert Frankau	1884	Writer
190	Gilbert Adler	1946	American film producer
191	Gilbert de la Porrée	1070	French theologian
192	Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke	1194	Anglo-Norman nobleman
193	Gilbert Levin		American engineer
194	Gilbert Bordes	1948
195	Bertie Gilbert	1997	British actor and film maker
196	Alan Gilbert	1944	Australian historian
197	Gilbert Turp		Canadian actor, teacher and writer
198	Gilbert Emery	1875	American actor
199	Gilbert Durand	1921	French academic
200	Gilbert Chu		American biochemist