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 [ 2 syll. hu-ber(t), hub-e-rt ] The boy name Hubert is pronounced as HHYUWBerT KEY. Hubert is used mostly in the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, and Polish languages, and its language of origin is Germanic. The name's meaning is bright spirit, inspiration. Two-element name derived from the elements 'hugu' meaning heart, mind, spirit ; 'berht' meaning bright, famous. Older forms of Hubert include Hubertus (Latinized) and Hugbert (Germanic). The name was borne by Saint Hubertus (656/658-727/728), the first Bishop of Liège and patron saint of hunters; according to legend, he was converted in his youth by a vision of a crucifix between the antlers of a stag. The name was common among the Normans, who brought it to England in the 11th century. In the late Middle Ages, the name was again popularized from settlers in the Low Countries, but from the 16th to 18th centuries, it gradually fell into disuse, before enjoying a revival in the 19th century. The name has appeared in Shakespeare's King John (1596) as the name of a judge. Hubert has 24 variations that are used in both English and other languages. Variations of Hubert used in English include Berty (also Czech), Hobart, Hobert, Hubbard, Hube, Huber, Hubie, Huey, Hugh, and Hugo (also Dutch, German, Latinized, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). The short form Bert (also used in Dutch and Scandinavian), and the pet form Bertie are other English variants. Foreign variations of Hubert include the Russian and Slavic Berdy, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Berto, the Czech Hubertek, the Spanish Huberto, the Dutch Hubertus, the Spanish Hubi, the Dutch Hubrecht, the German Huppert, the German Hupprecht, and the Italian and Spanish Uberto. Specific foreign variants include the short forms Huib (Dutch) and Huub (Dutch). Hubert is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1916, 0.146% of baby boys were given the name Hubert. It ranked at #113 then. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is currently used on a very light scale. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Hubert, the English, Dutch, German, Latinized, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Hugo was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Hubert include the Scandinavian Håvard, the English Hebert, the English Hobart, the English Hobert, the English Hubbard, the German Huppert, and the Spanish Huberto. A famous person named Hubert is Hubert H. Humphrey, Politician, born 27 May 1911 - 13 January 1978, Wallace, South Dakota. KEY: Pronunciation for Hubert: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
