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Philibert
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en fr Philibert.
Proper noun
s
en male French.
en French.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Philibert is the 40016th 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
French
fr:
Etymology
From a Germanic given name consisting of fr frk - gmw-pro *filu many from gem-pro *felu *berht bright from gem-pro *berhtaz 1. The spelling with Ph instead of F is due to influence of the given name fr Philippe.
Cognates of *berht include English en bright and given names containing bert like en Robert, en Albert, de Berthold etc.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr male
Related terms
female given name: fr Philiberte
it Filiberto