Gilberto is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “pledge and bright, famous.” In 2024 it was given to 126 boys in the United States.
Gilberto belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “pledge and bright, famous” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Gilberto first appears in Social Security records in 1903. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #383 in 1981, and in 2024 126 babies received the name — 28,526 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Gilberto means “pledge and bright, famous” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Gilberto is a boy name. In 2024, 126 babies received the name in the US.
Gilberto comes from the Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian tradition.
Gilberto first appears in US records in 1903. Its best-ever ranking was #383 in 1981, and 126 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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