Meaning of the nameGilberto

Male
Germanic origin
Gil-ber-to

Gilberto is a male name of Germanic origin, from Old French Gislebert, formed from elements glossed as 'pledge' and 'bright, famous'.

Meaning

“bright pledge”

Source: Wiktionary: Gilberto · Behind the Name: Gilbert

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People (2022): 187,565
Rank in Brazil: #175
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 213,266; people

Gilberto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gilberto, 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 (49,934 people).

533 women 187,032 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 Gilberto is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.150%
Santa Catarina 0.124%
Bahia 0.105%
Minas Gerais 0.105%
Paraná 0.104%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	44,676	0.101%
Minas Gerais	21,493	0.105%
Rio Grande do Sul	16,323	0.150%
Rio de Janeiro	14,990	0.093%
Bahia	14,859	0.105%
Paraná	11,935	0.104%
Santa Catarina	9,438	0.124%
Pernambuco	7,457	0.082%
Goiás	5,225	0.074%
Pará	4,716	0.058%
Maranhão	3,915	0.058%
Ceará	3,913	0.045%
Espírito Santo	3,468	0.091%
Paraíba	3,233	0.081%
Mato Grosso	3,079	0.084%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,574	0.078%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,559	0.093%
Piauí	2,457	0.075%
Alagoas	2,337	0.075%
Distrito Federal	2,075	0.074%
Amazonas	1,674	0.043%
Sergipe	1,657	0.075%
Rondônia	1,380	0.087%
Tocantins	1,067	0.071%
Acre	445	0.054%
Roraima	322	0.051%
Amapá	298	0.041%

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

About the name Gilberto

Wiktionary traces Gilberto to Old French Gislebert and Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz ('pledge') and *berhtaz ('bright, famous'). Behind the Name reads Gilbert as 'bright pledge', from the Old German elements gisal ('pledge, hostage') and beraht ('bright'), and lists Gilberto as the Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 187,565 people named Gilberto, with a median age of 50. The name is almost always male, peaks among those born in the 1970s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Gilberto · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Gilbert · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Gilberto

What does the name Gilberto mean?

Gilberto means “bright pledge”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gilberto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 187,565 people with the first name Gilberto, which ranks it number 175 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Gilberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 533 women and 187,032 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gilberto?

Gilberto is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gilberto most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.150% of the state's population is named Gilberto (16,323 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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