Hubert

• English:/ˈhjubɚt/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• French:/y.bɛʁ/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Hubert is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English44%

  from the Germanic male personal name Hubert, literally 'mind-bright'.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  Germanic name meaning “mind bright”; uncommon in Ireland, where it was sometimes translated Hugh.

  as a name·Irish first names

  from Old Germanic Hugibert, Hubert ‘mind-bright’; first attested Eudo filius Huberti 1086 DB (Ha)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• German21%

  Patronymic from Rufname Hun-beraht ('Hun' + 'bright'); variants on page: Hibert, Huwert, Humpert/Humbert, Hummert, Himmert.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

• French19%

  From Germanic origin; means “great intelligence.”

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  From Germanic Hug-beraht, 'bright mind'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Hubert, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Bertram
• Gilbert
• Bertrand
• Ernest
• Albert

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Hubert is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Languages: French, Chinese, Arabic

  Also written ฮิวเบิร์ต, Hübert, ฮวเบรต, Hubért, Hubęrt

• Polish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written 'Hubert, Hubêrt, Hübert

• Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Brazil, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hübert, Hubèrt, Húbert, Hübërt, Hùbêrt

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Hübert

• Danish given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic

  Also written Hübert

• Estonian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, United States, Finland, Switzerland

  Languages: Estonian, Finnish

  Also written Hübert

85 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

• Gladwyn Jebbb. 1900GBnot in their usual nameacting Secretary-General of the United Nations (1900-1996)
• Leopold III of Belgiumb. 1901BEnot in their usual nameking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
• Carl XVI Gustaf of Swedenb. 1946SEnot in their usual nameKing of Sweden since 1973

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).

117 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 60 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Hubert mean, and where does it come from?

from the Germanic male personal name Hubert, literally 'mind-bright'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

Is Hubert a male or female name?

Hubert is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026), France (INSEE, 2024), United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Norway (SSB), among others.

Which countries have the most people named Hubert?

Mondonomo estimates about 106 thousand people named Hubert in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hubert. After it come Poland, France, United States and Austria; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Hubert most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hubert is densest in Poland — about 1 in 421 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

What are other forms of the name Hubert?

In the etymology graph, Hubertus and Uberto are forms of the same name in other languages; Huub is a recorded short or pet form.

How do you pronounce Hubert?

It depends on the language: in English /ˈhjubɚt/ (Wiktionary); in French /y.bɛʁ/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Hubert?

In Poland, the national register counted 90,837 people named Hubert in 2026, about 1 in 421 residents.

How common is Hubert compared with other names?

In Germany, Hubert is the 196th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.