Gimbutas is a Lithuanian surname originated as a two-stemmed pre-Christian Lithuanian name: gim- likely from gin- gi̇̀nti ("to repel an attack, to block...") and but- from bū́ti, "to be". The first recorded usage of the name is from the legendary dynasty of Palemonids: Gimburas, duke of Samogitia. The name was recorded in several foms: Gémbuta, Gémbūta, Gémbutas, Gimbutis, Gimbūtis.[1] In Belarus there are villages associated with the name: Gimbuty and Gimbatawka.
| Gimbutas | |
|---|---|
| Lithuanian surname | |
| m.: | Gimbutas |
| f.: (unmarried) | Gimbutaitė |
| f.: (married) | Gimbutienė |
Notable people with the surname include:
- Antanas Gimbutas (1941-2013), Lithuanian draughts composer and solver, draughts activist
- Jurgis Gimbutas, (1918-2001), architect, Lithuanian press and public figure, doctor of engineering sciences
- Marija Gimbutas, Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė (1921-199), Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist
See also
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edit- ^ Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas, (ed. A. Vanagas, authors A. Vanagas, V. Maciejauskienė, M. Razmukaitė). Vilnius: Mokslas, 1985, vol. 1; 1989, vol. 2.
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