To help, to restore, or to repair
Derived from the Arabic root j-b-r, meaning to mend or restore. It carries the connotation of someone who helps others or brings things back to a state of wholeness. It is famously associated with the Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran.
Less common today
Jibran isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,647 in 2002.
Lebanese-American writer and poet of 'The Prophet'
Pakistani civil rights activist and lawyer
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
