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 forms: Gémbuta, Gémbūta, Gémbutas, Gimbutis, Gimbūtis.GIMBUTAS, Based on: Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas, (ed. A. Vanagas, authors A. Vanagas, V. Maciejauskienė, M. Razmukaitė). Vilnius: Mokslas, 1985, vol. 1; 1989, vol. 2. In Belarus there are villages associated with the name: and .
Notable people with the surname include: (1941–2013), Lithuanian draughts composer and solver, draughts activist , (1918–2001), architect, Lithuanian press and public figure, doctor of engineering sciences Marija Gimbutas (Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė, 1921–1994), Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist See also
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