Tolbert
Tolbert is a masculine first name and family name.
Origin and Meaning
The English and French surname Tolbert is derived from a Germanic name of unknown meaning, the second element of the name of berht, meaning " bright, meaning" ( engl. bright, famous ) is derived.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Tolbert Lanston (1844-1913), American inventor
Family name
- Berlinda Tolbert ( born 1949 ), American actress
- James L. Tolbert (1926-2013), American lawyer and NAACP activist
- Jim Tolbert ( born 1944 ), American football player
- Lynda Tolbert - Goode (born 1967 ), American hurdler
- Matt Tolbert ( b. 1982 ), American baseball player
- Mike Tolbert ( born 1985 ), American football player
- Nathan Edward Tolbert (1919-1998), American biochemist and plant physiologist
- Ray Tolbert (born 1958 ), American basketball player
- Skeets Tolbert (1909-2000), American jazz saxophonist
- Tom Tolbert (born 1965 ), American basketball player
- Tony Tolbert (born 1967 ), American football player
- William R. Tolbert Jr. (1913-1980), president of Liberia