Giselbert

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Usage：Ancient Germanic

Meaning & History：

Old Germanic form of GILBERT.

GILBERT male English, French, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic

Means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements gisil "pledge, hostage" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to England, where it was common during the Middle Ages. It was borne by a 12th-century British saint, the founder of the religious order known as the Gilbertines.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Gilbert, Gisilbert

DUTCH: Gilbert

ENGLISH: Gilbert

FRENCH: Gilbert

GERMAN: Gilbert

ITALIAN: Gilberto

PORTUGUESE: Gilberto

SPANISH: Gilberto

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Gib, Gil