Given name
Hebe
“Youth, Prime of Life”
Hebe is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “Youth, Prime of Life.” It is used in English and Portuguese.
Original Ancient GreekἭβη
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Hebe developed from Ἥβη.
The story
In mythological stories, Hebe is associated with the goddess of youth and spring and cupbearer to the gods.
Hebe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 123
- 0 boys · 123 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −86%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hebe’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Hebe developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἥβη. Hebe has a related form in Hebee. Hebe has a related form in Heebe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hebe
- Hebe CamargoBrazilian recording artist, television host, actress and singer (1929–2012)
- Hebe de BonafiniArgentine human rights activist1928–2022
- Hebe UhartArgentinian writer (1936-2018)
- Hebe Charlotte KohlbruggeDutch theologian1914–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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