Given name & surname
Gilberte
“of the bright pledge; a hostage”
Gilberte is a variant of Gilberta. In German use, Gilberta carries the interpretation “of the bright pledge; a hostage.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gilberte is a variant of Gilberta. In German use, Gilberta carries the interpretation “of the bright pledge; a hostage.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gilberte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 0 boys · 196 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 16 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 girls is 6 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 347 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gilberte’s family of names
In French usage, Gilberte has a diminutive in Gigi. Gilberte has a related form in Gilberta. In French usage, Gilberte has a conventional equivalent in the Occitan form Gilaberta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gilberte
- Gilberte GéniatFrench actress1916–1986
- Gilberte MontavonSwiss waiter, who became an icon and idol of Swiss soldiers during and after WWI (1896-1957)
- Gilberte H. DallasFrench writer1918–1960
- Gilberte RocaFrench politician and resistance fighter (1911-2004)
- Gilberte MortierFrench swimmer (1907–1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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