Baby name
REVIVING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Gilbert
/GIL · bert/
Meaning
“Shining pledge”
From Old Germanic 'gisil' (pledge, hostage) and 'beraht' (bright); carried medieval prestige through Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the only English monastic order.
Nicknames
gil
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peaked in the early-to-mid 20th century in the UK; currently deep retro, possible revival candidate.
The cultural moment.
Common in the UK through the 1940s; very rare since the 1980s, but showing faint signs of revival.