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Gilbert

in Massachusetts

There are 1,762 people with the last name "Gilbert" in Massachusetts.

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Gilbert 334
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  1. is 330th most common Fournier
  2. is 331st most common Medina
  3. is 332nd most common Mullen
  4. is 333rd most common Oliver
  5. is 334th most common Gilbert
  6. is 335th most common Armstrong
  7. is 336th most common Le
  8. is 337th most common Knight
  9. is 338th most common Day

Most Common First Names for Gilbert

John, Robert, Michael, Richard, David, James, William, Christopher, Gary, Paul

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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