Fitzgilbert
title: "Fitzgilbert" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["anglicised-irish-language-surnames", "norman-language-surnames", "patronymic-surnames", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgilbert" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Fitzgilbert |
| meaning | "son of Gilbert" |
| region | Normandy French |
| variant | Gilbert |
| :: |
| name =Fitzgilbert |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation = | meaning ="son of Gilbert" | region = Normandy French | origin = | variant =Gilbert | footnotes = 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 include:
- Baldwin FitzGilbert (died 1086-1091), Norman nobleman
- John Fitz Gilbert or John Marshal (Marshal of England) (c. 1105–1165), minor Anglo-Norman nobleman
- Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035–c. 1090), Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England
- Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow (died c. 1346), Scottish nobleman
- William FitzGilbert, fifteenth Lord Chancellor of England, from 1141 to 1142
- William de Lancaster I (died c. 1170), English nobleman also known as William Fitz Gilbert
References
References
- "FitzGilbert Surname Origin". searchforancestors.com.
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