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Gilbert

OriginGerman
Meaning"shining pledge"
GenderBoy

About Gilbert

Variation of Gil

2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Gilbert ranked #1330 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #90 in 1930, Nameberry popularity #504.

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Famous Gilberts

  • (Marie

    Joseph Paul Yves Roch) Gilbert du Motier (de Lafayette), Marquis de Lafayette, French officer in the American Revolution

  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton

    English writer

  • Gilbert Charles Stuart

    American painter

  • Gilbert Gottfried

    American actor/comedian

  • Gilbert Jay Arenas

    American basketball player

  • Gilbert Burnet

    Scottish theologian

  • Gilbert Ryle

    English philosopher

  • Gilbert Fowler White

    American geographer

  • Gilbert White

    English naturalist

  • Gilbert Roland

    American actor

  • Gilbert Newton Lewis

    American physical chemist

  • Gilbert Sorrentino

    American novelist and poet

  • Gilbert Foliot

    medieval Bishop of London

  • Gilbert James Glenn (b. 2012)

    son of TV anchor Fredricka Whitfield and John Glenn; twin sister Nola Amanda

  • Gilbert Malone (b. 2013)

    son of choirmaster and TV personality Gareth Malone

  • Gilbert Melendez

    UFC featherweight fighter

Gilbert in pop culture

  • Gilbert Blythe

    character in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series

  • Gilbert Greenleaf

    character in "Castle Dangerous" by Sir Walter Scott

  • Gilbert Pinfold

    character in "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" by Evelyn Waugh

  • Gilbert Beilschmidt

    Personification of Prussia in "Axis Powers: Hetalia"

  • Gilbert "Gil" Grissom

    character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"

  • Gilbert Grape

    main character in movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"

  • Gilbert Lawson

    character on TV's "Community"

  • Gilbert Markham

    character in 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Bronte

  • Gilbert "Gil" Nightray

    character in the manga/anime "Pandora Hearts"

  • Gilbert Bingley

    character in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

  • Elena and Jeremy Gilbert

    characters on TV's The Vampire Diaries

Variations & nicknames

  • GilibeirtIrish
  • GilleabartScottish
  • GibbonIrish
  • GibbyScottish
  • GilbertoSpanish
  • GuilbertFrench
  • GiselbertGerman

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  • Bert

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