Gisbert

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Gender Masculine
Usage German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced Pron. GIS-behrt(German)

Meaning & History

From a Germanic name in which the second element is beraht "bright". The first element is probably a shortened form of gisal "pledge, hostage" (making it a variant of Gilbert), though it could be related to Gaulish *gaisos "spear" (itself probably of Germanic origin [2]).