Gilbert
/ˈɡɪlbɚt/ · name
Meaning
- A city in Story County, Iowa.
- A small town in Searcy County, Arkansas.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A town in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
- The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.
- A surname.
Etymology / origin
From Old French Gislebert, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”).
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