Gerbert

ZHEH-BEH; GUR-bert

Dutch, French, German

"spear bright"

Gerbert Origin and Meaning

The name Gerbert is a boy's name meaning "spear bright".

Reminiscent of clunky, old-man style choices like Gilbert, Herbert, and Grover, Gerbert is a name of Germanic origin meaning "spear bright" from the elements ger and beraht.

Used in a number of European countries, it has been historically borne by Gerbert of Aurillac, who later took the papal name, Pope Sylvester II, by the 13th century French poet, Gerbert de Montreuil, and by Soviet film maker, Gerbert Moritsevich Rappaport. There was also an 80s American children's show named Gerbert.