Wilbur is an English and German masculine given name of Germanic origin as well as a surname. The etymology of the name is disputed, however the most accepted theory is that it is composed of the elements wilþī- (Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz-) "wild", and ebur (Proto-Germanic *eburaz) "boar". Another suggestion is that it derives from German willo (Proto-Germanic *wiljô) "will", "wish", "desire", and burg (Proto-Germanic *burgz) "fortress".[1][2][3][4][5] Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Cornelia B. Wilbur (1908–1992), American psychiatrist
- Crane Wilbur (1886–1973), American writer, actor and director of stage, radio and screen
- Curtis D. Wilbur (1867–1954), US Secretary of the Navy and Chief Justice of California
- George P. Wilbur (1941–2023), actor and stuntman
- Jay Wilbur (1898–1970), British bandleader
- John Wilbur (disambiguation)
- Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875–1949), American doctor, president of Stanford University and United States Secretary of the Interior
- Richard Wilbur (1921–2017), United States Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Richard C. Wilbur (1936–2020), judge of the United States Tax Court
- Sylvia Wilbur (born 1938), British computer scientist
- Todd Wilbur, American cookbook author
- William Wilbur, New York politician
- William H. Wilbur (1888–1979), US Army brigadier general
Given name
- Wilbur Cave (fl. 1970s–2000s), American politician from South Carolina
- Wilbur Clark (1908–1965), American businessman and owner of hotels and casinos
- Wilbur Cobb (1929–2020), American jazz drummer
- Wilbur J. Cohen (1913–1987), American social scientist and, as a civil servant, one of the key architects of the welfare state
- Wilbur Cooper (1892–1973), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862–1948), American educator and Governor of Connecticut
- Wilbur Good (1885–1963), Major League Baseball player
- Wilbur Jackson (born 1951), American collegiate and National Football League running back
- Wilbur MacDonald (1933–2020), Canadian politician
- Wilbur Mills (1909–1992), influential member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
- Wilbur Ross (born 1937), American investor and 39th Secretary of Commerce
- Wilbur Schramm (1907–1987), American journalist and academic sometimes called the "father of communication studies"
- Wilbur Shaw (1902–1954), American racing driver
- Wilbur Smith (1933–2021), South African novelist
- Wilbur Soot (born 1996), English YouTuber, Twitch streamer, and musician
- Wilbur Sweatman (1882–1961), African-American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader and clarinetist
- Wilbur J. Thomas (1920–1947), American combat pilot
- Wilbur Thomas (fl. 1970s), American former basketball player
- Wilbur Ware (1923–1979), American jazz double-bassist
- Wilbur Wood (born 1941), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Wilbur Wright (1867–1912), one of the two brothers generally credited with inventing the first successful airplane
- Wilbur Young (1949–2014), American football player
Fictional characters
- Wilbur, the pig who is the main character in the book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- Wilbur Grey, a character portrayed by Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Wilbur T. Huggins, the principal of Royal Woods Elementary School in The Loud House
- Wilbur Mercer, a prophetic character from the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
- Wilbur Post, Mister Ed's owner
- Wilbur Robinson, a character from Disney's Meet the Robinsons
- Wilbur Turnblad, a character from the Broadway musical Hairspray and its 2007 film adaptation
- Wilbur Whateley, an antagonist in H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror
- Wilbur the albatross, in the 1990 Disney film The Rescuers Down Under
- Wilbur the Wildcat, the athletic mascot of the University of Arizona
- Wilbur Wonka, Willy Wonka’s father and a dentist in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)
- Wilbur, Orville's younger brother and a pilot for Dodo Airlines in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Wilbur the Warthog, a character in the Madagascar video game
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.spellchecker.net/meaning/wilbur
- ↑ https://letslearnslang.com/origin-of-the-name-wilbur/
- ↑ https://www.allthingsbabynames.com/wilbur/
- ↑ https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Wilbur
- ↑ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/01/wilbur-the-meaning-origin-and-other-facts-about-the-name_n_7325726.html
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