Gilbert (given name)
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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:
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Norman-French and Old German
Old German
Old German usually refers to Old High German, but it could also refer to:*Old Low German *Altdeutsche Tracht , a dress style popular among early 19th century German radicals...
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
Gilberto
Gilberto da Silva Melo, , more commonly known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Esporte Clube Vitória. He has played at left back for the majority of his career...
, and the Latin version, Gilbertus. The diminutive, Gil, is popular as a given name or nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
. 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
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. People with the given name Gilbert include:
People with the name
- Gilbert ArenasGilbert ArenasGilbert Jay Arenas, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association . He plays as a point guard and shooting guard....
, professional basketball player - Gilbert BrownGilbert BrownGilbert Jesse Brown, is a former nose tackle who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . Brown played 125 Packers games recording 292 tackles and seven sacks. Nicknamed "The Gravedigger," in honor of his celebratory dance following a thunderous tackle, Brown played in...
, American football player - Gilbert BruléGilbert BruleGilbert Jean Marco Brulé is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League . Drafted out of the Western Hockey League , Brulé played major junior with the Vancouver Giants for three seasons...
, ice hockey player - Gilbert CavanGilbert CavanGilbert Cavan was a cleric based primarily in Galloway in the early 15th century, a servant of the earls of Douglas and briefly Bishop of Galloway-elect...
(d. 1420), Scottish cleric - G. K. ChestertonG. K. ChestertonGilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction....
(Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874–1936), writer - Gilbert CrispinGilbert CrispinGilbert Crispin was a Christian author and Anglo-Norman monk, appointed by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1085 to be the abbot, proctor and servant of Westminster Abbey, England...
(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 RobinsonGilbert de Beauregard RobinsonGilbert de Beauregard Robinson was a Canadian mathematician most famous for his work on combinatorics and representation theory of the symmetric groups, including the Robinson-Schensted algorithm.-Biography:...
(1906–1992), Canadian mathematician - Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of PembrokeGilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of PembrokeGilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare , son of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont, was sometimes referred to as "Strongbow", although his son is better remembered by this name, was the first Earl of Pembroke from 1138....
(1100 – ca. 1148) Anglo-Norman Earl - Gilbert de la PorréeGilbert de la PorréeGilbert de la Porrée , also known as Gilbert of Poitiers, Gilbertus Porretanus or Pictaviensis, was a scholastic logician and theologian.-Life:...
(1070–1154), aka Gilbertus Porretanus. French scholastic logician and theologian - Gilbert GottfriedGilbert GottfriedGilbert Gottfried is an American actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his trademark comedic persona of speaking in a loud, grating tone of voice. He has played numerous roles in film and television, perhaps most notably voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's Aladdin , and...
, actor and comedian - Gilbert KhunwaneGilbert KhunwaneGilbert Khunwane is a male boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano.Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth...
(b. 1977), Botswana boxer - Gilbert LevinGilbert LevinGilbert Levin is an American engineer, the founder of Spherix and famous for experiments on Mars soil by the Viking program and the development of tagatose.Levin is a member of the "International Committee Against Mars Sample Return" ....
(b. 1948), American conductor - Gilbert MameryGilbert MameryGilbert Mamery Riera was a Puerto Rican disc-jockey, musicologist, radio station owner, radio and television personality, marketing impresario and composer born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico...
(1927–2003), Puerto Rican disc-jockey, musicologist, radio station owner, radio and television personality, marketing impresario and composer - Gilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'SullivanGilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...
, stage name of famous Irish musician Raymond Edward O'Sullivan - Gilbert StuartGilbert StuartGilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island.Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists...
(1755–1828), American painter - Gilbert TuhabonyeGilbert TuhabonyeGilbert Tuhabonye, born on November 22, 1974 in Songa, Burundi, is an American long distance runner.Tuhabonye's most noted accomplishment is winning the Burundi national championship in the men's 400m and 800m as a junior in high school....
(b. 1974), American long distance runner - Gilbert F. WhiteGilbert F. WhiteGilbert Fowler White was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century"...
(1911–2006), American geographer - Gilbert of England aka Gilbertus AnglicusGilbertus AnglicusGilbertus Anglicus , also known as Gilbert of England, was an English physician of the Medieval period. He is known chiefly for his encyclopedic work the Compendium of Medicine, most probably written between 1230 and 1250...
- Gilbert of GlenluceGilbert of GlenluceGilbert was a 13th century Cistercian monk, abbot and bishop. His first appearance in the sources occurs under the year 1233, for which year the Chronicle of Melrose reported that "Sir Gilbert, the abbot of Glenluce, resigned his office, in the chapter of Melrose; and there he made his profession"...
(d. 1253), Scottish, 13th century Cistercian monk, abbot and bishop. His first appearance - Gilbert of SempringhamGilbert of SempringhamSaint Gilbert of Sempringham became the only Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the abbot of Cîteaux declined his request to assist him in helping a group of women living with lay brothers and sisters, in 1148...
(ca. 1083 - 1189/1190), became the only Englishman to found a convent - GislebertusGislebertusthumb|300px|Last Judgement by Gislebertus in the west tympanum at [[Autun Cathedral]].Gislebertus, Giselbetus or Ghiselbertus, sometimes "of Autun" , was a French Romanesque sculptor, whose decoration of the Cathedral of Saint Lazare at Autun, France - consisting of numerous doorways, tympanums,...
(12th century C.E.), early medieval sculptor
In other languages
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Gilbert - GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Gilbert - ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
: Gilberto - PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: Gilberto - SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Gilberto - TurkishTurkish languageTurkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
: Jilbert, Jilber