Heber
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Heber is a masculine biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "partner" or "togetherness"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈhibɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Heber is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uruguay than in any other country.
- UYUruguay1 in 580(measured from records)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 11K
- VEVenezuela1 in 16K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Uruguay (measured from records)
- Sources
- 206 (measured from records)
- 1 in 580 (inferred from the name graph)
5,843 people
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Héber in BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Heber is a masculine biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "partner" or "togetherness". It belongs to several Old Testament figures, including this descendant of Judah who was known as a founder of the town of Soco.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Heber counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UY Uruguay | 5,843 | 1 in 580 | 5.8K | — | 46 |
| BR Brazil | 5,408 | 1 in 39K | 5.4K | Héber | 123 |
| AR Argentina | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 46 | Heber | 66 |
| US United States | 3,134 | 1 in 106K | 3.1K | Heber | 206 |
| CO Colombia | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 1 | — | 62 |
| VE Venezuela | 1,812 | 1 in 16K | 1.8K | — | 27 |
| CL Chile | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 31K | 5 | — | 43 |
5,843 people counted by INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the co-datosgov-candidates register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Heber is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Heber comes from a Hebrew root meaning "associate," "comrade," or "companion".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Heber means "comrade," "associate," or "community."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Heber represents the complex inter-tribal relationships and political alliances during the period of the Judges. While he maintained peace with Israel's oppressors, his household ultimately provided the instrument of Israel's deliverance through his wife, Jael.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In German, from heben 'to lift'; also a packer/unloader
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Eibhear (pronounced ‘ay-ver’). This was borne in Irish legend by the son of Mil, leader of the Gaelic race that first conquered Ireland. Hever is also a biblical name (meaning ‘enclave’ in Hebrew), borne by various minor characters in the Bible.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Jacob Heberb. 1666DEGerman cartographer
- Richard Heberb. 1773GBBritish bibliophile; (1773-1833)
- Reginald Heberb. 1783GBEnglish clergyman, Lord Bishop of Calcutta
- Heber J. Grantb. 1856USPresident of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1856-1945)
- Heber Manning Wellsb. 1859USAmerican governor of Utah (1859-1938)
- Carl Augustus Heberb. 1874USAmerican sculptor (1874–1956)
- Heber Oliveirab. 1983BRBrazilian association football player
- Héberb. 1991BRBrazilian association football player (born 1991)
- Heber Garcíab. 1997VEVenezuelan footballer
- Sharon WeberUSnot in their usual nameAmerican gymnast
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 53 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 5.8K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 5.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 5.4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 5.3K | #3,228 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 5.3K | #2,601 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.1K | #5,469 |
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 1.8K | #902 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 95 | #2,601 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 50 | #5,469 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 49 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 31 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 30 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Heber mean, and where does it come from?
- Heber is a masculine biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "partner" or "togetherness". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Heber have the most bearers?
- In Uruguay, the national register counted about 5.8 thousand people named Heber, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Heber most common?
- Heber is densest in Uruguay, where the national register counts about 1 in 580 people carrying it.
- How do you pronounce Heber?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhibɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Heber?
- In Uruguay, the national register counted 5,843 people named Heber, about 1 in 580 residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/heberThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Heber”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.