Given name
Hubie
“having a shining intellect”
Hubie is a variant of Hubert. One German interpretation is “having a shining intellect.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hubie is a variant of Hubert. One German interpretation is “having a shining intellect.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hubie is a variant of Hubert. An origin associated with Hubert is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hubie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 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 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hubie
- Hubie BrownAmerican basketball player and coachborn 1933
- Hubie WhiteAmerican basketball playerborn 1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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