Given name & surname
Hub
Hub is a masculine given name. It is used in German and East Central German.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In East Central German usage, Hub is a diminutive of Hubert.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hub through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1912
- 5 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 5 in 1912. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 219 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.
Hub’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Hub is a diminutive of Hubert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hub
- Hub van DoorneDutch businessman (1900–1979)
- Hub VinkenDutch cyclist (1926–2010)
- Hub ReedAmerican basketball player (1936–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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