Filibert
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the Germanic name stem with filu- 'much' + berht 'bright'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/filibɛrt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Filibert is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- TZTanzania
- ESSpain
- PHPhilippines
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Germanic name stem with filu- 'much' + berht 'bright'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Filibert is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from fili- 'many, much' + -bert 'bright, famous'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, ) Philibert: alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. filu »viel, groß« + ahd. beruht »glänzend«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
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)
- Filiberto Ferrerob. 1500ITnot in their usual nameItalian cardinal
- Filiberto Rodríguez Motamayorb. 1867VEnot in their usual nameVenezuelan writer
- Filiberto Mateldib. 1885ITnot in their usual nameItalian illustrator
- Filiberto Manzob. 1930MXnot in their usual nameMexican basketball player (1930-1996)
- Filiberto Crespo Samperb. 1931ESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician and architect (1931-2004)
- Filiberto Ojeda Ríosb. 1933USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican political activist (1933–2005)
- Filiberto Mercadob. 1938MXnot in their usual nameMexican cyclist
- Filiberto Miguel Prats Asensib. 1962ESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician
- Filiberto Azcuyb. 1972CUnot in their usual nameCuban Olympic wrestler
- Filiberto Riverab. 1982USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican basketball player (born 1982)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 7 | #22,158 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
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 are other forms of the name Filibert?
- In the etymology graph, Filiberto and Philbert are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Filibert mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Germanic name stem with filu- 'much' + berht 'bright' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Filibert?
- A machine transcription gives /filibɛrt/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Filibert a male or female name?
- Filibert 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.
- In which country does Filibert have the most bearers?
- Filibert is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/filibertThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Filibert”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.