Boy · Germanic, through French
Hubert
Say it: HYOO-bert
Meaning
From Germanic hug 'heart, mind' and berht 'bright'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread through the cult of Saint Hubert of Liège.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 57,611 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1916, about 1 in 659 boys
- 38 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Bert, Hubard
| German | Hubert |
|---|---|
| French | Hubert |
| Italian | Uberto |
| Polish | Hubert |
| Dutch | Hubrecht |
Famous bearers
- Saint Hubert, patron of hunters
- Hubert de Burgh, justiciar of England
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.