Given name
Wilburt
“one who is willful; a bright man”
Wilburt is a variant of Wilbert. One German interpretation is “one who is willful; a bright man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wilburt is a variant of Wilbert. One German interpretation is “one who is willful; a bright man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wilburt is a variant of Wilbert. An origin associated with Wilbert is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wilburt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,108
- 1,108 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 39 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 387 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.
Wilburt’s family of names
Wilburt has a related form in Wilbert.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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