Filiberto
Filiberto is a given name and a surname. It derives from a Germanic name, Latinized in Filibertus and came to Italy through the French. It is composed of the roots filu, "much", and beraht or berhta, "illustrious", "brilliant", and means "very bright" or "very illustrious". Its diffusion in Italy is linked to the fact of being a traditional name of the House of Savoy.
Meaning & Origin of Filiberto
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Filiberto is a given name and a surname. It derives from a Germanic name, Latinized in Filibertus and came to Italy through the French. It is composed of the roots filu, "much", and beraht or berhta, "illustrious", "brilliant", and means "very bright" or "very illustrious". Its diffusion in Italy is linked to the fact of being a traditional name of the House of Savoy.
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The Story of Filiberto
American parents first put Filiberto on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 61 Filibertos were born — ranking #1,490 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 20% of all recorded Filibertos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (9 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Filibertos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Filiberto
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About the name Filiberto
Filiberto is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Filiberto's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #1,490. Use the chart and map above to compare Filiberto's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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