Given name & surname
Gibbs
“the son of Gilbert”
Gibbs is a variant of Gibson. One English interpretation is “the son of Gilbert.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gibbs is a variant of Gibson. One English interpretation is “the son of Gilbert.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gibbs is a variant of Gibson. An origin associated with Gibson is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Gibbs is a diminutive of Gilbert.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gibbs through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 8 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 as a first name in 2020; 63,006 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.
Gibbs’s family of names
In English usage, Gibbs is a diminutive of Gilbert. Gibbs has a related form in Gibson. In English usage, Gibbs as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Гиббс.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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