Wilbert
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wilbert is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From a Germanic male personal name meaning literally ‘will-bright’.
- PEPeru≈1 in 4.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 6.6K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 19K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 351 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From a Germanic male personal name meaning literally ‘will-bright’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wilbert counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | — | Wilbert | 87 |
| US United States | — | 14,768 | 1 in 23K | 15K | Wilbert | 351 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Wilbert | 32 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | listed | Wilbert | 80 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Wilbert | 14 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 1,603 | 1 in 3.2K | 1.6K | — | — |
| JM Jamaica | #153 | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | — | Wilbert | 5 |
| GY Guyana | — | 158 | 1 in 4.7K | 158 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wilbert is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OE Wilbeorht ‘will-bright’; first attested Henry Wylbert 1279 RH (Hu)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, the elements wil will, desire + berht bright, famous. The native form, Wilbeorht, is attested before the Conquest, but was greatly reinforced in the early Middle Ages by the introduction of the Continental cogn. by the Normans. Dims.: Fr.: Guilbon, Guilbot
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In German, zu einem Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. beraht „hell, glänzend“; patronymisch gebildet. 1599 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, zu Wilbert/Willbert; Verbreitung NL <5, BE 19, LU 0
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymisch zu Rufname Wilbert; 1599 Belege
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wilbert Robinsonb. 1863USAmerican baseball player and manager (1863–1934)
- W. Lee O'Danielb. 1890USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1890–1969)
- Wilbert Awdryb. 1911GBBritish vicar and author (1911–1997)
- Wilbert Harrisonb. 1929USAmerican rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994)
- Bill Cobbsb. 1934USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1934–2024)
- Whitney Rydbeckb. 1945USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1945-2024)
- Wil Jonesb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player
- Willi Williamsb. 1953JMnot in their usual nameJamaican reggae musician
- Wilbert Suvrijnb. 1962NLDutch football player and agent
- Wilbert Londonb. 1997USAmerican male sprinter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15K | #1,913 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1.6K | #418 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 158 | #437 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 51 | #1,913 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 20 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2004 | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wilbert mean, and where does it come from?
- From a Germanic male personal name meaning literally ‘will-bright’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- Is Wilbert a male or female name?
- Wilbert is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Wilbert?
- In the etymology graph, Willabert is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Wilbert have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Wilbert in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wilbert.
- Where is Wilbert most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Wilbert is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 3.2 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Wilbert?
- In the United States, the national register counted 14,768 people named Wilbert in 2020, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Wilbert compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Wilbert is the 153rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wilbert” — the 153rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.