Given name & surname
Filbert
“a brilliant man”
Filbert is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a brilliant man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a brilliant man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Filbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 452
- 452 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 14 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 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 350 as a first name in 2020; 941 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.
Filbert’s family of names
Filbert has a related form in Filberto. Filbert has a related form in Filberte. Filbert has a related form in Filbertos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Filbert
- Filbert BayiTanzanian athleteborn 1953
- Filbert Felician MhasiTanzanian Roman Catholic bishopborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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