Quote Originally Posted by Chas View Post
Strange, this site:

http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/Main.aspx

Give a French origin. As in 'shilbear'

Regards

Chas
Interesting, Chas. I always thought the surname "Gilbert" was indeed of French origin. I have several friends with this surname and they have told me they are of French ancestry. I suppose it can all be rather subjective, though.

Cheers,