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Hilbert
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Hibbard
Etymology
From a en enm - given name of en gem-pro - origin, from en ang hild battle + ang beorht bright (en gem-pro *Hildiberhtaz).
Proper noun
en rare en male Germanic languages.
en 1987 w:Barbara Vine A Fatal Inversion 48–49 0670809772 'An old family name,' he told his wife, though this was not true at all, his uncle's being thus christened having been an isolated instance of the use of Hilbert. There had been a fashion in the late nineteenth century for Germanic names and his uncle, born in 1902, had caught the tail end of it.'I don't like that at all,' his wife had said. 'People will think it's really Gilbert or Albert. I don't want him teased, poor baby.'
en patronymics.
Derived terms
en Hilbert cube Hilbert curve Hilbertian Hilbert calculus Hilbert R-tree Hilbert space Hilbert system
Related terms
en surnames Hibbard Hibberd Hibberson Hibbert Hibbett Hibbit Hibbitt Hibbott Hibbs Hipperson Ibberson Ibbeson Ibbetson Ibbett Ibbison Ibbitson Ibbitt Ibbotson Ibbott Ibbs Ibeson Ibison Ibitson Ibotson Ibson Ilbert
Anagrams
en behilrt blither
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Hilbertsson Hilbertsdóttir
Declension
Hilbert Hilbert Hilberti Hilberts