Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together fila (“much”) and berht (“bright, famous”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Philbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 797
- 797 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 23 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 679 as a first name in 2020; 576 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.
Philbert’s family of names
In English usage, Philbert has a conventional equivalent in the French form Philibert. In English usage, Philbert as a surname has a related form in Philibert.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Philbert
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% boys