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Gibb


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Origin Of The Surname Gibb

Meaning Of The Surname Gibb

Descendant of Gilbert

Interesting Facts About Gibb

Gibb is a surname of ultimately German origins, and would have been brought to Britain by invading Normans. It is a pet form of the first name Gilbert, which itself comes from the German elements ‘gisil’ which means young person and ‘berht’ which means famous. The name therefore means ‘Famous Young One’. As a surname its use would have been patronymic, given to the descendants of a man named Gilbert to pass on his name.

Gibb Statistics

Gibb is the number 1055 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 9,548 share the surname Gibb in the UK.

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