Family name origins & meanings
- Italian of uncertain derivation; Caracausi proposes various possibilities : of uncertain derivation; Caracausi proposes various possibilities: from the personal name Gerbino, possibly from Tuscan gerbo ‘grimace’.
- Italian of uncertain derivation; Caracausi proposes various possibilities : from a pet form from a short form of a personal name such as Gerberto.
- Italian of uncertain derivation; Caracausi proposes various possibilities : from Sicilian ggirbinu meaning ‘light blue’ (with reference to eyes) or ‘blond’ (with reference to hair color).
- Italian of uncertain derivation; Caracausi proposes various possibilities : topographic name from Italian gérbo ‘uncultivated land’, whence terra gerbina ‘land on which only grasses grow’.
- Italian of uncertain derivation; Caracausi proposes various possibilities : habitational name for someone from the Tunisian island of Gerba.