Given name
Herbie
“an illustrious warrior”
In English use, Herbie is a diminutive of Herbert. One German interpretation is “an illustrious warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Herbie is a diminutive of Herbert. One German interpretation is “an illustrious warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Herbie is a diminutive of Herbert. An origin associated with Herbert is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Herbie is a diminutive of Herbert.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Herbie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,094
- 1,094 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 45 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 714 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.
Herbie’s family of names
In English usage, Herbie is a diminutive of Herbert. In English usage, Herbie has a conventional equivalent in the French form ARIBERT. Herbie is an affectionate form of Herbert.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Herbie
- Herbie HancockAmerican jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)
- Herbie MannAmerican jazz flutist (1930–2003)
- Herbie FlowersEnglish musician (1938–2024)
- Herbie HideBritish boxerborn 1971
- Herbie FieldsAmerican jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1919–1958)
- Herbie NicholsAmerican musician (1919-1963)
- Herbie BlashFIA Deputy Race Director at Formula One racesborn 1948
- Herbie LewisCanadian ice hockey player (1906–1991)1905–1991
- Herbie RobertsEnglish footballer (1905-1944)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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