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Gilbert

in Illinois

There are 2,853 people with the last name "Gilbert" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Gilbert 294
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  1. is 290th most common Romero
  2. is 291st most common Guerrero
  3. is 292nd most common Fuller
  4. is 293rd most common Curtis
  5. is 294th most common Gilbert
  6. is 295th most common Quinn
  7. is 296th most common Chen
  8. is 297th most common Davidson
  9. is 298th most common Hopkins

Most Common First Names for Gilbert

James, Robert, John, David, Michael, Richard, William, Thomas, Charles, Mark

Meaning & History

English (of Norman origin), French, and North German: from Giselbert, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements gīsil ‘pledge’, ‘hostage’, ‘noble youth’ (see Giesel) + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

FOREBEARS The Devon family of Gilbert can be traced to Geoffrey Gilbert (died 1349), who represented Totnes in Parliament in 1326. His descendants included Sir Humphrey Gilbert (died 1583), who discovered Newfoundland. A French family called Gilbert, from Poitou, was in Neuville, Quebec by 1683; another bearer of the name, from La Rochelle, had migrated to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by 1685.

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James Gilbert, IL (9 searches)
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