Given name & surname
Dilbert
“one who is noble; a bright man”
Dilbert is a variant of Delbert. One English interpretation is “one who is noble; a bright man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dilbert is a variant of Delbert. One English interpretation is “one who is noble; a bright man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dilbert is a variant of Delbert. An origin associated with Delbert is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dilbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 129 as a first name in 2020; 478 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dilbert’s family of names
Dilbert has a related form in Delbert.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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