39%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage French, Germanic [1] Pronounced Pron. FEE-LEE-BEHR(French) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Early variant of Filibert altered by association with Greek φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover". A famous bearer was Philibert de l'Orme (1510-1570), a French Renaissance architect. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsPhilbert(French) Filibert(Germanic) Other Languages & CulturesFiliberto(Italian) Filiberto(Spanish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #478 in 1962 France Categories architects, friendship, leaders, light, love, Orthodox saints, politics, world leaders Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 505.