Hilbert is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “battle and bright.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Hilbert belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “battle and bright” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hilbert first appears in Social Security records in 1900. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #656 in 1914, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 2,020 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hilbert means “battle and bright” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hilbert is a boy name.
Hilbert comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Hilbert first appears in US records in 1900. Its best-ever ranking was #656 in 1914, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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