Hilbert

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hibbard

Etymology

From a Middle English given name of Proto-Germanic origin, from Old English hild (“battle”) + beorht (“bright”) (Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz).

Proper noun

Hilbert

1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1987, Barbara Vine, A Fatal Inversion, →ISBN, pages 48–49:

     '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.'

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Derived terms

• Hilbert calculus
• Hilbert cube
• Hilbert curve
• Hilbertian
• Hilbert R-tree
• Hilbert space
• Hilbert system

 

Related terms

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

• blither

Faroese

Proper noun

Hilbert m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• son of Hilbert: Hilbertsson
• daughter of Hilbert: Hilbertsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Hilbert
Accusative	Hilbert
Dative	Hilberti
Genitive	Hilberts