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[creagdhubh]

I can't find the reference, but I thought that the original Gilbert came over with William the Conqueror.

Gilbert is pronounced softer like the cheese Camembert, rather than the harder Saxon AlBert, or EgBert, or EngelBert.

That is my understanding.

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Chas

Actually Chas, this was my understanding as well. Along with with "Gilbert" being of French origin, I have always believed it to be a surname particularly associated with the Norman conquest. Hence, "Gilbert" being a surname possibly derived from the Normandy region of France. Perhaps a bit like how the Clan Fraser began, with "de Friselle."

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