Gisbert
Gisbert is a male name . His name day is March 20th .
Origin and meaning
The male first name Gisbert is of Celtic origin and, in its version that has been widespread in Germany since the 18th century, refers to St. Cuthbert von Lindisfarne (around 634 in Northumberland / England, died on March 20, 687 on the island of Farna - burial place initially in the monastery of Lindisfarne / Holy Island, since the 10th century in the cathedral of Durham ). The meaning of the first name is unclear and is interpreted as "good and famous".
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Occurrence
Gisbert is one of the most common male given names of the 19th century. Its popularity has declined noticeably since the mid-1850s. Before 1750, the name Gisbert was very rarely represented in Germany and Europe.
Well-known namesake
- First name
- Gisbert von Bodelschwingh-Plettenberg (1790–1866), Westphalian landowner and politician
- Gisbert von Bonin (1841–1913), Saxony-Coburg-Gotha Minister of State
- Gisbert Bonnet (1723–1805), Dutch Reformed theologian
- Giesbert Damaschke (* 1961), German Germanist and journalist
- Gisbert Matthias Elsner (1698–1775), German Reformed theologian
- Gisbert Enzian (1847–1919), German choir director, organist and pianist
- Gisbert Fanselow (* 1959), German linguist
- Gisbert Flüggen (1811-1859), German painter
- Karl Heinrich Gisbert Gillhausen (1856–1917), German civil engineer and politician
- Gisbert Greshake (* 1933), German theologian
- Gisbert Große-Brauckmann (1926–2001), German biologist and university professor
- Gisbert Haefs (* 1950), German writer
- Gisbert Hasenjaeger (1919–2006), German mathematical logician
- Gisbert Kapp (1852–1922), Austrian electrical engineer
- Gisbert Kley (1904–2001), German lawyer
- Gisbert Kranz (1921–2009), German writer, educator and Catholic theologian
- Gisbert zu Knyphausen (* 1979), German-speaking songwriter, singer and guitarist
- Gisbert Longolius (1507–1543), Lower Rhine humanist
- Gisbert Näther (* 1948), German composer
- Gisbert Piatkowski (* 1953), German guitarist
- Gisbert Poensgen (1923–2011), German ambassador and legal scholar
- Gisbert Pupp (1939–2015), German painter and graphic artist
- Gisbert zu Putlitz (* 1931), German physicist, university professor and science manager
- Gisbert von Romberg I (1773-1859), German nobleman
- Gisbert von Romberg II (1839-1897), German nobleman
- Gisbert von Romberg III. (1888–1952), German nobleman
- Gisbert Schairt (1380–1452), late Gothic builder from the Lower Rhine region
- Gisbert Schneider (1934–2018), German organist
- Gisbert Strotdrees (* 1960), German journalist, historian and book author
- Gisbert Swartendijk Stierling (1787–1857), Dutch-German physician
- Gisbert-Peter Terhorst (* 1945), German actor
- Karl Gisbert Friedrich von Vincke (1813-1892), German nobleman
- Gisbert Voetius (1589–1676), Dutch Reformed theologian
- Gisbert Wüstholz (* 1948), German mathematician
- Surname
- Antonio Gisbert Pérez (1834–1902), Spanish classicist painter
- Erich Gisbert (1889–1968), German tax advisor, auditor and university professor
- Greg Gisbert (* 1966), American jazz trumpeter
See also
Gisbert was also the name of a German television series .