Gilbert

The main character in the novel “Being Gilbert” by Gail O. Dellslee.

The name Gilbert was pretty common in medieval England especially among the De Clare family who were Norman knights who owned lands in Ireland England and Wales they were the earls of Hereford and Gloucester.
The ancestors of the De Clare’s being one Gilbert de Brionne AD 1000-1040 of Eu in Normandy and who was curiously said to have had hair that stuck up like the branches of a pine tree which is an interesting description to say the least. He was sadly murdered by two other knights while traveling in revenge for an earlier raid. His sons fearing the same fate fled to Flanders and then England and fought for William the conqueror and were rewarded handsomely setting the family up to be one of the most wealthy and powerful in England and Europe for centuries to come. And in honour of their famous ancestor the name Gilbert was used down the centuries too.

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I personally really like the name I can imagine it being cute on a baby and distinguished and handsome on a man and Bertie being a delightful nickname.

Rip Gilbert Gottfried.

Gilbert Blythe is a character in Anne of Green Gables. At first, Anne hates him, then later, they become friends.

This name was Caillou´s cat.

Gilbert Millington (1598-1666) is a famous person with this name, Millington was probably born at Felley Priory in about 1598. He was the eldest son of Anthony and Prudence Millington and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge becoming a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1614 and a barrister there by 1621. He had married in 1618 and inherited his father's estates in 1620. The estate was over 800 acres and enabled Millington to support causes in Nottingham and later in Parliament. He took on various public jobs in Nottingham looking after the sewers and then as Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire firstly in 1638.[2]

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He became the Master of Chancery in 1639 and he was elected as an M.P. for Nottingham, in the Long Parliament of 1640. He was made deputy-lieutenant for Nottinghamshire again in 1642. He was agent of communication between the Governor of Nottingham Castle, Colonel John Hutchinson (1615–1664), and the county committee, who were in dispute over the control of local troops. In 1649 he was one of the few barristers and he was energetic at the trial of Charles I and amongst those who signed the king's death-warrant. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 he was condemned to death, but his sentence was later commuted on appeal to life imprisonment.[3] He spent his final days at Mont Orgueil Castle on Jersey where he died on 19 September 1666.[2]
He is an ancestor of mine.

Hurricane Gilbert of 1988 was a category 5 hurricane and the second-strongest hurricane in the North Atlantic basin since reliable records begun in 1851.

Gilbert Beilschmidt is the human name of the personification of Prussia from the anime/manga Hetalia. He's part of the reason I love this name.

Gilbert de la Hay was a friend of Scottish king Robert the Bruce and gave the eulogy at his funeral.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_la_Hay.

Gilbert is a great name and connects my thoughts to high IQ, funny and patient people. It reminds me of Gilbert Strang, a world-renowned mathematician at MIT. I am an engineer with a PhD. I never saw a professor that can teach math so clearly and funny at his level. He makes math NOT a headache to me! Check this guy's short course intro here at MIT OpenCourseWare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDFwVVKVk0. Read a few comments and notice the ratio of likes and dislikes and you will see how he defines the name Gilbert:)

A famous bearer of the name is the English writer Gilbert Keith (G.K.) Chesterton.

I will forever associate this name with the screechy-voiced comedian Gilbert Gottfried.

Gilbert Bayes (1872-1953) was a British sculptor, the son of Alfred Walter Bayes (1832-1909), a painter and etcher.

John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Official Opposition. He was the leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of Toronto. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Toronto—Danforth from 2004 until his death.

Gilbert Blythe-- is the rival, friend, love interest, and eventual husband of Anne Shirley in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables," series of novels. He has been portrayed by Tom Brown (1934 film), Jonathan Crombie (CBS Television film adaptations), Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese Anime), and the CD recording featuring Andrew MacBean.

In APH Hetalia, Gilbert Beilschmidt is the personification of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Gilbert is the name of the cat on the children's TV show "Calliou." He enjoys reciting odes to various things. (I know this because my brother watched it as a little kid.)

Gilbert Markham is a character in Anne Brontë's novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.'

The singer Gilbert O'Sullivan ("Alone Again (Naturally)" and "Get Down") and has this name.

Two famous bearers include Gilbert Godfrey, known for his tendency to voice animated avian characters, and the Marquis de Lafayette, who had a rather long name (Gilbert being the third), and sometimes went by Gilbert (pronounced zhil-BEAR).

If I may edit my previous comment, Gilbert was Lafayette's final given name, not his third. His full name was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier. He went by Gilbert.

Gilbert is a city in Arizona.

Gilbert Grissom is a character´s name from the TV series CSI. He plays William Petersen.

Gilbert is the name of the human version of the place Fiddler's Green in Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman: A Doll's House".

This is the name of the Christian author, Gilbert Morris.

This is also the name of author G.K. Chesterton - Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape? is a book turned into film starring Johnny Depp as Gilbert.

Gilbert Blythe is a character in Anne of Green Gables.