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Fitzgilbert

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Meaning
  
"son of Gilbert"

Related names
  
Gilbert

Region of origin
  
Normandy French

Fitzgilbert is a Norman French surname. It is patronymic, since the prefix Fitz- derives from the Latin filius, meaning "son of." Its variants include the alternate forms FitzGilbert, Fitz Gilbert, Fitz-Gilbert, fitz Gilbert, and the given name turned surname Gilbert or Gilberts. Fitzgilbert is rare as a given name. People with the name Fitzgilbert include:

  • Baldwin FitzGilbert (died 1090), a Norman nobleman
  • Richard Fitz Gilbert(1030 - 1090), a Norman lord who participated in the Norman Conquest
  • Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow (d. c. 1346), a Scottish nobleman
  • William FitzGilbert (?-?), fifteenth Lord Chancellor of England

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