Gilberthorpe
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Gilberthorpe (plural Gilberthorpes)
- A surname from Norman.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gilberthorpe is the 17801st most common surname in England, belonging to 271 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gilberthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42.