# Gijsbert

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| name          = Gijsbert
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| gender        = Male
| meaning       = "bright pledge"
| region        = [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands), [Flanders](/source/Flanders)
| language      = [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language)
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| related names = Gijsbrecht, [Gijs](/source/Gijs), [Gilbert](/source/Gilbert_(given_name)) 
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'''Gijsbert''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) masculine [given name](/source/given_name), which is a variant of the names [Gisbert](/source/Gisbert) and [Gilbert](/source/Gilbert_(given_name)), and means "bright pledge".<ref>''Behind the Name''. [http://www.behindthename.com/name/gijsbert "Given Name Gijsbert"]. Retrieved on 24 January 2016.</ref><ref>''Behind the Name''. [http://www.behindthename.com/name/gisbert "Given Name Gisbert"]. Retrieved on 24 January 2016.</ref><ref>''Behind the Name''. [http://www.behindthename.com/name/gilbert "Given Name Gilbert"]. Retrieved on 24 January 2016.</ref> The name may refer to:

*[Gijsbert Bos](/source/Gijsbert_Bos) (born 1973), Dutch footballer 
*[Gijsbert Claesz van Campen](/source/Gijsbert_Claesz_van_Campen) (1580–1648), Dutch merchant
*[Gijsbertus Craeyvanger](/source/Gijsbertus_Craeyvanger) (1810–1895), Dutch painter
*[Gijsbert Haan](/source/Gijsbert_Haan) (1801–1874), American religious leader
*[Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp](/source/Gijsbert_Karel_van_Hogendorp) (1762–1834), Dutch politician
*[Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter](/source/Gijsbert_d'Hondecoeter) (1604–1653), Dutch painter
*[Gijsbert de Leve](/source/Gijsbert_de_Leve) (1926–2009), Dutch mathematician
*[Gijsbert van Tienhoven](/source/Gijsbert_van_Tienhoven) (1841–1914), Dutch politician and prime minister
*[Gijsbert Verhoek](/source/Gijsbert_Verhoek) (1644–1690), Dutch painter
*Gijsbert Voet (1589–1676), known as [Gisbertus Voetius](/source/Gisbertus_Voetius), Dutch Calvinist theologian

==See also==
*[Gijs](/source/Gijs)

==References==
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Category:Dutch masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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