Gilbert

German

"shining pledge"

Gilbert Origin and Meaning

Variation of Gil

Gilbert Rank in US Top 1000

# 960 in the US

Gilbert Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 458 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gilbert

• 960 US 2016
• 458 Nameberry 2025
• 394 Unique 2024
• 861 England 2016

20 Names Similar to Gilbert

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Famous People Named Gilbert

• (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

The name 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

International Variations of the name Gilbert

• Gilibeirt Irish
• Gilleabart Scottish
• Gibbon Irish
• Gibby Scottish
• Gilberto Spanish
• Guilbert French
• Giselbert German