Giesbrecht : German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements gis (from gīsil ‘pledge hostage noble offspring’; see Giesel) + berht ‘bright famous’ a cognate of Giselbert (see Gilbert).
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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