Guilbert

Guilbert
This interesting surname, which is of Norman (French) origin, was introduced into England by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066, as the male personal name "Gislebert", "Guilbert" or "Gil(l)ebert". The name was adopted by the Normans from the Old German name "Gisilbert", composed of the elements "gisil", hostage, noble youth, and "berht", bright, famous. It is recorded first in England in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Latinized form of "Gislebertus", and appears as a surname in the early 13th Century (see below). The given name Gilbert was very popular in medieval England, partly due to the fame of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (1086 - 1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order, and a number of variant forms survive as modern surnames, such as Gilbertson. Church Records include one Anna Gylberte, who was christened on June 20th 1548, at St. Michael's, Cornhill, London, and Anne, daughter of Harry Gilbert, who was christened on December 21st 1558, at St. Matthew's, Friday Street, London. One Henry Gilbert, aged 38 yrs., a famine emigrant, sailed from London aboard the ship, the "Northumberland", bound for New York on April 9th 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Willelmus Gilberti, which was dated 1202, in the "Curia Rolls of Wiltshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • GUILBERT (Y.) — GUILBERT YVETTE (1867 1944) Découverte et encouragée par un critique d’art dramatique, Yvette Guilbert abandonne la couture et débute au théâtre en 1885, puis se tourne vers la chanson, qu’elle aborde en comédienne. Mais le physique de cette… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Guilbert — ist der Familienname von: Ann Guilbert (* 1928), US amerikanische Schauspielerin Fabrice Guilbert (* 1976), französischer Handballspieler Yvette Guilbert (1865–1944), französische Sängerin und Schauspielerin Der Name Guilbert bezeichnet überdies… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Guilbert — Nom de personne d origine germanique, forme contractée de Guillabert (wille = volonté + berht = brillant) ou variante de Gilibert, Gilbert (voir Gilbert). Le patronyme Guilbert est très fréquent en Picardie …   Noms de famille

  • Guilbert — (spr. gilbǟr), Yvette, franz. Sängerin, geb. 1869 in Paris, war zuerst seit 1889 als Choristin am Théâtre des Variétés tätig und trat dann als Solosängerin in Pariser Café concerts (Singspielhallen) und Kabaretts auf, wo sie sich weniger durch… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Guilbert — (spr. gilbähr), Yvette, franz. Sängerin, geb. 1869 in Paris, trat zuerst 1889 in Variétés auf, Sängerin der franz. chansons fin de siècle; schrieb den Roman »La Vedette« (deutsch: »Der Bettelkönig«, 1902) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Guilbert — (Yvette) (1867 1944) chanteuse française d esprit canaille (le Fiacre, Madame Arthur) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Guilbert —   [gil bɛːr],    1) René, französischer Lyriker belgischer Herkunft, Ghil, René.    2) Yvette, französische Diseuse, * Paris 20. 1. 1867, ✝ Aix en Provence 2. 2. 1944; seit 1890 Star der Pariser Varietees (H. de Toulouse Lautrec stellte sie in… …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Guilbert — The name Guilbert can refer to: *Ann Morgan Guilbert, an American actress *Yvette Guilbert, a French singer and actress *Guilbert and Betelle, an American architecture firm *Guilbert (crater), a crater on Venus …   Wikipedia

  • Guilbert, St. — St. Guilbert, so v.w. Gilbert 1) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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