Giselbert
Giselbert is a male first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name comes from the two Old High German word stems gisil ( descendant of a noble race ) and bert / beraht ( for known or famous) together.
Variants
A German short form is Gisbert.
The Romanized French form of the name is Gislebert, which was shortened over time to Gilbert.
This in turn derives from the shape of Gilberto in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.
Well-known bearers of the name
- Giselbert of Maasgau (ca. 825-875 ), Count of Maasgau
- Gisalberto I of Bergamo, Count of Bergamo ( 922-927 ) and the progenitor of the Gisalbertiner
- Giselbert of Lorraine († 939), Duke of Lorraine
- Giselbert (Burgundy ) ( † 956), Duke of Burgundy
- Giselbert ( Luxembourg ) ( 1007-1059 ), Count of Luxembourg
- Gilbertus Crispin, (c. 1046, † 1117 ), English theologian
- Giselbert Admont († 1101), abbot of the monastery Admont
- Gislebert of Mons († 1224 ), chronicler hennegauischer
- Gislebertus ( 12th century ), French sculptor
- Giselbert of Warendorf (* 1140, † after 1201), one of the first Mayor of Lübeck
- Giselbert of Brunkhorst († 1306), from 1273 to his death Archbishop of Bremen
- Giselbert ( Abbot of St. Blaise ) ( † 1086 ), 1068-1086 abbot in the monastery of St. Blaise in the Black Forest; Seliger
- Giselbert Hoke (* 1927), Austrian artist
- Male first name