Wilbert

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Wilbert is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name93K records spelled Wilbert8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Mexico, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Wílbert, Wîlbêrt, Wilbèrt, Wįlbert, Wîlbert

• French given name6.9K records spelled Wilbert4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Willibert, Wilbért

• Arabic given name3.0K records spelled Wilbert5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Peru

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew

  Also written וילברט, Wilbért

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Wilbert is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from OE Wilbeorht ‘will-bright’; first attested Henry Wylbert 1279 RH (Hu)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, the elements wil will, desire + berht bright, famous. The native form, Wilbeorht, is attested before the Conquest, but was greatly reinforced in the early Middle Ages by the introduction of the Continental cogn. by the Normans. Dims.: Fr.: Guilbon, Guilbot

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In German, zu einem Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. beraht „hell, glänzend“; patronymisch gebildet. 1599 Belege.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In German, zu Wilbert/Willbert; Verbreitung NL <5, BE 19, LU 0

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In German, patronymisch zu Rufname Wilbert; 1599 Belege

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wilbert Robinsonb. 1863USAmerican baseball player and manager (1863–1934)
• W. Lee O'Danielb. 1890USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1890–1969)
• Wilbert Awdryb. 1911GBBritish vicar and author (1911–1997)
• Wilbert Harrisonb. 1929USAmerican rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994)
• Bill Cobbsb. 1934USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1934–2024)
• Whitney Rydbeckb. 1945USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1945-2024)
• Wil Jonesb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player
• Willi Williamsb. 1953JMnot in their usual nameJamaican reggae musician
• Wilbert Suvrijnb. 1962NLDutch football player and agent
• Wilbert Londonb. 1997USAmerican male sprinter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 473 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Wilbert?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Wilbert (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Wilbert have the most bearers?

We estimate about 15 thousand people bear Wilbert in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled wilbert.

Where is Wilbert most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Wilbert is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 3.2 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Wilbert compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Wilbert is the 115th most common given name of 20,217 given names recorded there.

Is Wilbert a male or female name?

Wilbert is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Wilbert mean?

Recorded meaning: From a Germanic male personal name meaning literally ‘will-bright’.