Gilbert (surname)
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| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Germanic (English, French, Nordic) |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Gilbert, Gilbertson, Giselbert |
Gilbert is a surname of English origin. It is derived from Giselbert, an Anglo-Norman medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements: gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous"). This personal name was very popular in England during the Middle Ages. The surname is sometimes an Americanized form of numerous like-sounding Jewish surnames. It may also occur in Southern Indian states which it was bestowed by Christian English Missionaries to Adivasi families.[1]
People with the surname
- Adrian Gilbert (military writer) (born 1954), author and military historian
- Alan Gilbert (Australian academic) (1944-2010), Australian, President and BR Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
- Alan Gilbert (conductor) (born 1967), American conductor
- Alex Gilbert (adoption advocate) (born 1992), New Zealand adoption advocate
- Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), English sculptor and goldsmith
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961), American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman
- Alvarus E. Gilbert (1825–1891), American farmer and politician
- Amy Gilbert (1895–1980), American historian
- Anthony Gilbert (composer) British composer
- Arthur Gilbert (triathlete) (1921–2015), English triathlon competitor
- Arthur Hill Gilbert (1894–1970), American Impressionist painter
- Arik Gilbert (born 2002), American football player
- Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (1858–1927), French physician and medical researcher
- Barrie Gilbert (1937-2020), English-born electronics engineer, inventor of the Gilbert cell
- Bartholomew Gilbert (died 1603), English explorer, sailor, captain
- Benjamin Gilbert (died 1780), Pennsylvania settler captured by Indians
- Billy Gilbert (1894–1971), American comedian and actor
- Billy Gilbert (baseball) (1876–1927), American baseball player
- Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) (1891–1961), American silent-film actor and director
- Brad Gilbert (born 1961), American tennis coach, television tennis commentator, and former professional tennis player
- Brantley Gilbert (born 1985), American country singer, songwriter
- Bruce Gilbert (born 1946), English musician
- Cass Gilbert (1859–1934), American architect
- Chad Gilbert (born 1981), American musician and record producer
- Chaleeda Gilbert (born 2001), Thai singer and actress
- Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1928), American ichthyologist
- Dana Gilbert (born 1959), American tennis player
- Daniel Gilbert (disambiguation)
- David Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Davies Gilbert (1767–1839), British engineer, author, and politician
- Diahanne Gilbert (born 1979), British ski mountaineer, mountain climber and mountain guide
- Dorothée Gilbert (born 1983), étoile at the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris
- Ed Gilbert (1931–1999), American actor
- Eddie Gilbert (cricketer) (1905-1978), Queensland Aboriginal cricketer
- Edgar Gilbert (1923–2013), American mathematician and coding theorist
- Edouard-Jean Gilbert (1888–1954), French mycologist
- Edward Joseph Gilbert (born 1936), American-born Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Elena Gilbert (Fictional Character in television series, The Vampire Diaries, portrayed by Nina Dobrev
- Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969), American novelist
- Elmer G. Gilbert (1930–2019), control systems engineer
- Ethel Gilbert, American expert in the risks of radiation-induced cancer
- Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (1894–1991), American educator and author
- Felix Gilbert (1905–1991), German-born American historian
- Gale Gilbert (born 1961), American football quarterback
- Garrett Gilbert (born 1991), American football player
- George B. Gilbert, longtime pastor of Emmanuel Church (Killingworth, Connecticut), author of Forty Years a Country Preacher
- George G. Gilbert (1849–1909), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- George Gilbert (Jesuit) (1559–1583), English Roman Catholic convert and activist
- Glenroy Gilbert (born 1968), former Canadian athlete
- Glyn Gilbert (1920–2003), English Major-General in Bermuda
- Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918), American geologist
- Gustave Gilbert (1911–1977), American psychologist
- Helen Gilbert (1922–2012), American artist
- Helen Gilbert (1915–1995), American actress
- Henry F. Gilbert (1868–1928), American composer
- Herb Gilbert (1888–1972), Australian rugby footballer
- Herb Gilbert, Jr. (1917–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
- Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), composer
- Homer Gilbert (1909–1943), American football player
- Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1537–1583), English adventurer
- Jack Gilbert (disambiguation)
- James Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Jane Gilbert (born 1920), American actress
- Jean Gilbert (1879–1942), German operetta composer
- Jessie Gilbert (1987–2006), British chess player
- Joanne Gilbert (born 1932), American television and film actress
- John Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Johnny Gilbert (born 1924), game show announcer
- Jordan Gilbert (born 1990), American professional Counter-Strike player
- Kenneth Gilbert (1931–2020), Canadian harpsichordist
- Kenneth Gilbert (actor) (1931–2015), English actor
- Kent Gilbert (born 1952), American actor in Japan
- Kerrea Gilbert (born 1987), English footballer
- Kieran Gilbert, Australian journalist and television presenter
- Kristen Gilbert (born 1967), American serial killer nurse
- Larry Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Lewis Gilbert (1920–2018), British film director
- Logan Gilbert (born 1997), American professional baseball player
- Mads Gilbert (born 1947), Norwegian doctor
- Marcus Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Mary Ann Gilbert (c. 1776–1845), agronomist
- Matt Gilbert (born 1985), English rugby league footballer
- Matt Gilbert (academic) (born 1978), American historian
- Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), American actress
- Mark Gilbert (born 1956), former Baseball player and United States ambassador to New Zealand
- Mark Gilbert (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Michael Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Paul Gilbert (born 1966), American guitarist
- Philippe Gilbert (born 1982), Belgian road bicycle racer
- Peggy Gilbert (1905–2007), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- Rhod Gilbert (born 1968), Welsh comedian
- Richard Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Robert Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Rod Gilbert (1941–2021), Canadian-American ice hockey player
- Ron Gilbert, American video-game designer
- Ronnie Gilbert (1926–2015), American folk-singer
- Ruby Gilbert (1929–2010), American politician
- Sam Gilbert (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
- Sandra Gilbert (born 1936), American professor, literary critic and poet
- Sara Gilbert (born 1975), American actress
- Seymour Parker Gilbert (1892–1938), American lawyer, banker, politician and diplomat
- Simon Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Sky Gilbert (born 1952), Canadian writer, actor, academic and drag performer
- Thomas Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Tim Gilbert (journalist) (born 1967), Australian journalist
- Timothy Gilbert (1797–1865), American piano manufacturer, abolitionist and religious organizer
- Todd Gilbert (born 1970), American politician from Virginia
- Tyler Gilbert (born 1993), American baseball player
- Ulysees Gilbert III (born 1997), American football player
- Walter Gilbert (born 1932), American Nobel Prize (biology) recipient
- William Gilbert (disambiguation)
- William Schwenk Gilbert (1836–1911), English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator
- The Gilbert professional wrestling family, all Americans:
- Tommy Gilbert (1940-2015), wrestler, promoter, and family patriarch
- Eddie Gilbert (wrestler) (1961–1995), Tommy's older son; wrestler and booker
- Doug Gilbert (born 1969), Tommy's younger son; wrestler
References
- ^ Gilbert Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 27 February 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
See also
- Justice Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Gilbart (disambiguation), a list of people with the surname
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