Entry № 3663 · Scottish origin

Gibson Gibson — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GIB-suhn /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Scottish
Meaning
"Son of Gilbert (Mel Gibson; Tyrese Gibson)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Scottish)

A name that means "son of gilbert (mel gibson; tyrese gibson)".

Gibson is from the Old English/Scottish — son of Gibb (a diminutive of Gilbert, from the Germanic gisil meaning pledge + berht meaning bright).

Son of Gilbert.

The name in its native script.

Gibson
Transliteration
Gibson
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡɪb.sən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Gibson stands.

Gibson does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Gibsons before her.

Real people
Mel Gibson
American-Australian Oscar director.
born 1956
In fiction
Gibson
Iconic guitar brand.
1894

Names connected to Gibson.

The number behind Gibson.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Gibson reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.