Origin and popularity of the name GERBERT

Origin

Gerbert : French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gariberht Gerberht composed of the elements gari ger ‘spear’ and berht ‘bright’. Compare Jalbert.

Garbrecht : German: variant of Gerbert (see Gerbracht).

Garbutt : English (Yorkshire and Durham): from any of the three Middle English personal names of Norman origin: Gerbod (ancient Germanic Gerbodo) Gerbert (ancient Germanic Gerbert Girbert) and Gerbold (ancient Germanic Gerbald Gerbold). These three names became confused at an early date. They derive from gēr ‘spear’ + either bod ‘messenger message command’ berht ‘bright’ or bald ‘bold brave’. Gerbold (French Gerbaud) was the name of a 7th-century Christian saint bishop of Bayeux as a result of whose cult the personal name was popular among the Normans and introduced by them into England.

Garverick : Probably an Americanized form of German Gerberich a variant of Gerbert (see Gerbracht).

Gerberding : German: Westphalian patronymic from the personal name Gerbert composed of the elements gēr gār ‘spear’ + berht ‘bright famous’.

Gerbers : Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Gerbert From the ancient Germanic name Gerbrecht composed of the elements ger ‘spear’ and brecht ‘brilliant famous’.

Gerbracht : German: variant of Gerbert from a personal name composed of Old High German gēr ‘spear’ + berht ‘bright famous’.

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