Gilbert

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Gilbert is a masculine given name, surname and placename. It is from the Germanic gisel "promise, pledge" or "noble youth" and beraht "bright" or "famous". Gilbert may refer to:

People

• Gilbert (given name)
• Gilbert (surname)
• Saint Gilbert

Fictional characters

• Gilbert Grape, title character from the film What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Gilbert Blythe, friend and eventual husband of Anne Shirley in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series of novels
• Gil Grissom, a character in CSI
• Gilbert, an opossum and the main character in a number of books by Diane DeGroat.
• Gilbert Weillschmidt, a character from the manga and anime Axis Powers Hetalia representing Prussia.

Place names

Canada

• Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, town

Kiribati

• Gilbert Islands, chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean

United Kingdom

• Witton Gilbert, village in County Durham, England

United States

• Gilbert, Arizona, town in Maricopa County
• Gilbert, Arkansas
• Gilbert, Iowa, town in Story County
• Gilbert, Louisiana, town in Franklin Parish
• Gilbert, Minnesota, town in St. Louis County
• Gilbert, South Carolina, town in Lexington County
• Gilbert, West Virginia, town in Mingo County
• Gilbert Creek, West Virginia, census-designated place in Mingo County

Other uses

• gilbert (symbol Gi), CGS unit of magnetomotive force or magnetic potential
• Gilbert Cell, a circuit used in communication electronics for analog mixers, balanced modulator and phase detectors
• Gilbert-Einasleigh River, river system in northern Queensland, Australia
• Gilbert Hill, monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, Mumbai (Bombay), India
• Gilbert Law Summaries, an outline series in the United States
• Gilbert (lunar crater), impact crater on the Moon
• Gilbert's Skink, lizard (Eumeces gilberti) of the family of skinks
• A. C. Gilbert Company maker of the Erector set and toy trains, as well as science toys including microscopes, telescopes and chemistry sets
• Gilbert (sports equipment), the official ball supplier for the Rugby World Cup and the International Federation of Netball Associations
• Gilbert's syndrome, genetic disorder of bilirubin metabolism
• Hurricane Gilbert, destructive hurricane in the Caribbean 1988
• Mount Gilbert (Alaska), volcano on Akun Island, Aleutian Islands
• USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), escort aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy during World War II

See also

• Gilberto
• Gil

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