Tolbert
Tolbert is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The English and French surname Tolbert is derived from a Germanic first name of unknown meaning, the second element of the name being derived from berht with the meaning "radiant, meaning" (English bright, famous ).
Name bearer
First name
- Tolbert Lanston (1844-1913), American inventor
family name
- Berlinda Tolbert (born 1949), American actress
- James L. Tolbert (1926-2013), American attorney and NAACP activist
- Jim Tolbert (born 1944), American football player
- Lynda Tolbert-Goode (* 1967), American hurdler
- Matt Tolbert (* 1982), American baseball player
- Mike Tolbert (born 1985), American football player
- Mpozi Tolbert (1972–2006), American photographer
- Murray Tolbert (* 1946), Australian long jumper
- 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 (* 1967), American football player
- William R. Tolbert Jr. (1913–1980), President of Liberia