Given name & surname
Guilbert
Guilbert is a surname from French. It is used in English and Norman.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Guilbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 6 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 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 as a first name in 2020; 651 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.
Guilbert’s family of names
Guilbert has a related form in Gilbert. In German usage, Guilbert as a surname has a related form in Gilbert. In German usage, Guilbert as a surname has a related form in Wilbert.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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