Philibert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Philibert.

Proper noun

Philibert (plural Philiberts)

1. A male given name from French.
2. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Philibert is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Philibert is most common among White (67.88%) and Black/African American (25.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Philibert”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

From a Germanic given name consisting of Frankish *filu (“many”, from Proto-Germanic *felu) +‎ *berht (“bright”, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz). The spelling with Ph instead of F is due to influence of the given name Philippe.

Cognates of *berht include English bright and given names containing bert like Robert, Albert, Berthold etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.bɛʁ/

Proper noun

Philibert m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• female given name: Philiberte
• Italian: Filiberto