Hilbert

Definitions

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   rare
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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Examples

“'An old family name⟳,' he told his wife, though this was not true at all, his uncle's being thus christened having been an isolated instance of the use⟳ of Hilbert. There had been a fashion in the late nineteenth century for Germanic names and his uncle, born in 1902, had caught the tail end⟳ of it. 'I don't like⟳ that at all,' his wife had said. 'People will think⟳ it's really Gilbert or Albert. I don't want⟳ him teased, poor baby.'”

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