Given name & surname
Herby
“an illustrious warrior”
Herby is a variant of Herbert. One German interpretation is “an illustrious warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Herby is a variant of Herbert. One German interpretation is “an illustrious warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Herby is a variant of Herbert. An origin associated with Herbert is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Herby through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 649
- 649 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 18 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 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 562 as a first name in 2020; 174 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Herby
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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