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Gilbert

in Pennsylvania

There are 3,799 people with the last name "Gilbert" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Gilbert 194
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  1. is 190th most common Sanders
  2. is 191st most common Carroll
  3. is 192nd most common Griffin
  4. is 193rd most common Dunn
  5. is 194th most common Gilbert
  6. is 195th most common Kim
  7. is 196th most common Yoder
  8. is 197th most common Hayes
  9. is 198th most common Wise

Most Common First Names for Gilbert

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

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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