Given name
Huub
“having a shining intellect”
In Dutch use, Huub is a short form of Hubert. One German interpretation is “having a shining intellect.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Huub is a short form of Hubert. One German interpretation is “having a shining intellect.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Huub is a short form of Hubert. An origin associated with Hubert is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch use, Huub is used as a shortened form of Hubert.
Huub’s family of names
Huub is a short form of Hubert. In Dutch usage, Huub has a related form in Huib.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Huub
- Huub StevensDutch association football player and managerborn 1953
- Huub RothengatterDutch racing driverborn 1954
- Huub StapelDutch actor (born 1954)
- Huub DuynDutch racing cyclistborn 1984
- Huub ZilverbergDutch road bicycle racerborn 1939
- Huub SijenDutch bicycle racer1911–1965
- Huub ArtzDutch cyclistborn 2002
- Huub HaringsDutch bicycle racer and cyclo-cross cyclistborn 1939
- Huub van BoeckelDutch tennis playerborn 1960
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