38%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage French, Germanic [1] Pronounced Pron. /fi.li.bɛʁ/(French) [key·simplify] 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 Rootsfilo/filu + berht/berahtVariantsPhilbert(French) Filibert(Germanic) Other Languages & CulturesFiliberto(Italian) Filiberto(Spanish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #477 in 1962 France People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class wholesome refined strange complex Categories architects, ends in -bert, friendship, knights of the Habsburg Golden Fleece, leaders, light, love, Orthodox saints, politics, world leaders Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 505.
