Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Gottlob isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gottlob through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 5 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 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 250 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.
Gottlob’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gottlob
- Gottlob BergerSS general (1896–1975)
- Gottlob Ernst SchulzeGerman philosopher (1761-1833)
- Gottlob FrickGerman opera singer (1906–1994)
- Gottlob Ludwig RabenhorstGerman botanist and mycologist (1806–1881)
- Gottlob Walzdiver (1881–1943)
- Ferdinand SchichauGerman engineer (1814-1896)
- Gottlob HarrerGerman composer1703–1755
- Gottlob HonoldGerman engineer (1876–1923)
- Gottlob Christian StorrGerman theologian (1746-1805)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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