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“pledge” + “bright, famous”
Language contexts for this entry: Occitan (Gascon), Occitan (Languedocien)
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01 / Meaning & origin
Gilbèrt is a masculine given name documented in Occitan (Gascon) and Occitan (Languedocien). It is a form of Gilbert, for which English Wiktionary gives the components “pledge” + “bright, famous”.
Meaning: “pledge” + “bright, famous”
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Gilbert— “bright pledge”
Giolla Brigde, or Bridget’s disciple, is thought to have contributed the Scottish examples of Gilbert, which is incorrectly explained by some as Gelb-bert, or yellow bright; but is clearly traceable to the old Frank Giselbert. There were four saints so called, namely, an abbot of Fontenelle, a great friend of William the Conqueror, an Auvergnat knight in the second Crusade, the English founder of the order of Gilbertine monks, and a bishop of Caithness; and it has been a…
Giolla Brigde, or Bridget’s disciple, is thought to have contributed the Scottish examples of Gilbert, which is incorrectly explained by some as Gelb-bert, or yellow bright; but is clearly traceable to the old Frank Giselbert. There were four saints so called, namely, an abbot of Fontenelle, a great friend of William the Conqueror, an Auvergnat knight in the second Crusade, the English founder of the order of Gilbertine monks, and a bishop of Caithness; and it has been a prevalent name in England, Scotland, and the Low Countries, with many contractions, especially in the latter.[134]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section VI (Ghiseler) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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