Given name
Gisilpert
“hostage, pledge”
Gisilpert is a masculine given name from Proto-Celtic (ultimately Proto-Indo-European), meaning “hostage, pledge.” It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Gisilpert comes from Proto-Celtic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Celtic *geistlos (“hostage, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-, built from Old High German gîsil (“hostage, pledge”) + berht (“bright”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gisilpert’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Gisilpert has a related form in Gîselpert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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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