Given name & surname
Hubert
“having a shining intellect”
Hubert is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “having a shining intellect.”
Original GermanHubertus
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “having a shining intellect.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
From Old French Hubert, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hubert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57,761
- 57,572 boys · 189 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 1,551 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #3,400 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,400 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,551 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,834 as a first name in 2020; 9,500 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.
Hubert’s family of names
In English usage, Hubert has a diminutive in Huey. In English usage, Hubert has a feminine form in Huberta. Hubert has a related form in Humberto.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hubert has relatives in 25 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 34
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hugbertvariant · German
- Hubertusvariant · German, English
- Humbertovariant
- Hueydiminutive · English
- Bertiediminutive · gmw-ecg
- Hubdiminutive · gmw-ecg
- Hobartvariant · English
- Hubbardvariant
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- Hubertovariant · Spanish, Esperanto
- Hubievariant
- Huburtvariant
- Hubertekdiminutive · Czech
- Hubbartvariant · English
- Bertíkdiminutive · Czech
- Hubevariant
- Hubeavariant
- Hubeevariant
- Hubyvariant
- Hubeyvariant
- Hubivariant · Czech
- Hubyrtevariant
- Hubyrtvariant
- Hubirtevariant
- Hubirtvariant
- Huburtevariant
- Hubertevariant
- Huubshort form
- Hubercikdiminutive · Polish
- Hubertkodiminutive · Slovak
- Hubertíkdiminutive · Czech
- Huibshort form
- Hubrechtvariant
- Hupprechtvariant
- Huppertvariant
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hubert
- Hubert Humphreyvice president of the United States from 1965 to 19691911–1978
- Gladwyn Jebbacting Secretary-General of the United Nations (1900-1996)
- Hubert de GivenchyFrench fashion designer (1927-2018)
- Hubert Magafirst president of Benin (1916-2000)
- Hubert of LiègeChristian saint, first bishop of Liège (c.656-727)655–727
- Hubert MinnisBahamian physician and politicianborn 1954
- Hubert Van InnisBelgian archer (1866–1961)
- Hubert ParryBritish composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918)
- Hubert RobertFrench painter (1733-1808)
Characters named Hubert: Professor Farnsworth (Futurama character), OSS 117 (main character of the OSS 117 novels).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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