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Meaning of the nameGiberto

Giberto is a male name of uncertain origin, written as Gilberto without the letter L, recorded mostly among people born from 1950 to 1979.

Meaning

The meaning of Giberto is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,317
Rank in Brazil
#6,883
Median age
49 years
2010 Census
2,136
people

Giberto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Giberto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (348 people).

0 women 1,307 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Giberto is most common

States with the highest share of people named Giberto in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. São Paulo 0.001%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3260.001%
Minas Gerais1430.001%
Bahia940.001%
Rio Grande do Sul800.001%
Paraná730.001%
Goiás620.001%
Rio de Janeiro590.000%
Pernambuco520.001%
Pará470.001%
Santa Catarina470.001%
Mato Grosso450.001%
Ceará380.000%
Maranhão380.001%
Paraíba290.001%
Piauí260.001%
Amazonas250.001%
Rondônia240.002%
Alagoas210.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul210.001%
Rio Grande do Norte150.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Giberto

The origin of the name Giberto is uncertain. Gilberto, a very close spelling, comes from Old French Gislebert, of Germanic roots (Proto-Germanic 'pledge' and 'bright, famous'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo. It is almost always male, and the peak of records is among people born in the 1970s.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Gilberto · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Giberto

What does the name Giberto mean?

The meaning of Giberto is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Giberto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,317 people with the first name Giberto, which ranks it number 6,883 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Giberto a boy's or a girl's name?

Giberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,307 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Giberto most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.001% of the state's population is named Giberto (326 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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