English Explanatory Dictionary

Gilberthorpe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norman.

Word forms

Gilberthorpe Gilberthorpes

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.

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