Gilbert (given name)
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Gilbert |
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | gisel + beraht |
| Region of Origin | British Isles |
| Origin | Norman-French, Old Germanic |
| Related names | Gilberto, Gil |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Gilbert |
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Gilbert is a British Isles given name of Norman-French and Old German origins. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. The prefix, "Gil-", comes from "gisil", meaning a noble youth, while the suffix, "-bert" comes from "beraht", meaning bright or famous. 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. The oldest known meaning of the name Gilbert comes from the language records found in an abbey close to the Scottish Isles. Dated from between 115 Bc to 255 Bc the Gilbert name is defined in those records as simply "God of Men." or Gilb-dea-moros. Gilbert, with variant spellings, is also used as a surname. People with the given name Gilbert include:
- Gilbert Arenas, professional basketball player
- Gilbert Brown, American professional football player, defensive tackle, most prominent with Green Bay Packers
- Gilbert Brule, professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
- Gilbert Cavan (d. 1420), Scottish cleric
- Gilbert Crispin (1055?-1117), Anglo-Norman monk, appointed by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1085 to be the abbot, proctor and servant of Westminster Abbey, England
- Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson (1906–1992), Canadian mathematician
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1100 – ca. 1148) Anglo-Norman Earl
- Gilbert de la Porrée (1070 - 1154), aka Gilbertus Porretanus. French scholastic logician and theologian
- Gilbert Gottfried, actor and comedian
- Gilbert Levin (b. 1948), American conductor
- Gilbert Mamery (1927 - 2003), Puerto Rican disc-jockey, musicologist, radio station owner, radio and television personality, marketing impresario and composer
- Gilbert O'Sullivan, stage name of famous Irish musician Raymond Edward O'Sullivan
- Gilbert Stuart (1755 -1828), American painter
- Gilbert Tuhabonye (b. 1974), American long distance runner
- Gilbert F. White (1911 - 2006), American geographer
- Gilbert of England aka Gilbertus Anglicus
- Gilbert of Glenluce (d. 1253), Scottish, 13th century Cistercian monk, abbot and bishop. His first appearance
- Gilbert of Sempringham (ca. 1083 - 1189/1190), became the only Englishman to found a convent
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