Boy · Germanic
Wilbert
Say it: WIL-bert
Meaning
From Germanic wil 'will, desire' + berht 'bright' (Old English Wilbeorht).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An Old English name revived in the 19th century, it was well used in the US from the 1880s to the 1940s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 40,089 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1922, about 1 in 1,200 boys
- 26 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Wilburt
| Dutch | Wilbert |
|---|---|
| German | Wilbert |
Famous bearers
- Wilbert Awdry, author of Thomas the Tank Engine
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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