Gibb
As a personal name the formation of Gilbert, “Gibb,” was first listed in the Pipe Rolls of Nottinghamshire of 1179, as Gibbe de Huckenhale. The original family appears to be from Normandy (not French) circa 1066 - 1100 – one family family settling in Warwickshire and another settled in Scotland – where they became a sub clan to the Buchanan clan with a separate Coat of Arms.
The meanings of names were “bright maturity”, and written with the chosen Germanic components “gisil,” which means gentle youth and rarely the word “hostage,” with “berht,” which means shiny, popular.
Gilbert developed into a very famous name in England among the Middle Ages, with the popularity of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (1085-1189), the creator of the local English solitary form. As too did the Gibson name with the origins being the “son of Gibb”.
Heatmap of surname Gibb, created from the United Kingdom 1881 census and the Griffith Valuation for 1853-1865. By Scaled Innovation. Click to enlarge.
Family Tree of Gibbes of South Carolina; as photographed by Bryce Provance – “from the Gibbes plantation… as I believe the Gibbes are part of the Gibb branch that the Gibsons come from”. Click to enlarge.
Notable people with the Surname Gibb
The Bee Gees
The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958, featuring brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid- to late 1970s