Gilberthorpe

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, perhaps from the Norman personal name Gislebert, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *gisil (“hostage, pledge”) and *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), + thorpe.

Proper noun

Gilberthorpe (plural Gilberthorpes)

1. A surname from Norman.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gilberthorpe is the 17801^st most common surname in England, belonging to 271 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilberthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42.