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Help[Facts] What does the name Jobert mean?
I think I know it, Wikipedia even confirms it, but I'm still not sure of its meaning. What does it mean? Is it really just a variant of Job? I think my doubts come from Joebert. Is Joebert really a variant of Jobert, or is it a name with a different meaning?
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Which Wikipedia article confirms what you think you know? Is it the one listed below?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobert (in English)
That said, I strongly doubt that Jobert is a variant of Job. Any French masculine name ending in -bert is usually fully of Germanic origin. In rare cases, such a name is only partially of Germanic origin - like with Floribert.
A quick search through the available sources indicates that Jobert is a variant spelling of Jaubert (also found written as Joubert), which is a medieval French masculine name. It is no longer in use and only survives as a patronymic surname.
Jaubert comes from the Germanic compound name Gautbert. An other French form of the name is Gaubert.
Sources used:
- Jaubert:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaubert (in English)
• https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/Jaubert.html (in French)
• http://jeantosti.com/noms/j.htm (in French; scroll down to the entry for Jaubert)
- Jobert:
• https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/Jobert.html (in French; states the name comes from Engelbert (also Ingelbert), which seems doubtful to me)
• http://jeantosti.com/noms/j2.htm (in French; see the entry for Jobert near the top)
- Joubert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joubert (in English)
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