Humbert

## Origin

### Word / Name

warrior-bright, bright warrior, bright bear cub, swelling-bright, block-bright or offspring-bright

## Other Names

### Related Names

Umberto, Humberto, Humberht, Humbelin, Ombeline

**Humbert**, **Umbert**, **Emebert**, **Embert**, **Humberto** or **Umberto** (Latinized ***Humbertus***) is a Germanic given name. It is derived from the Germanic elements *hun* "warrior" and *beraht* "bright". It may also be derived from the Old German elements *hun*, which means "bear cub" and *beraht* "bright". The names first element *hun* may also mean swelling, chip, block or offspring. The name was introduced to England by the Normans, although it was always uncommon. It it has also come into use as a surname.

## Given name

Royalty and Middle Ages
* Emebert (died 710)
* Humbert of Maroilles (before 652 – 680)
* Humbert (bishop of Würzburg) (died 842)
* Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980 – 1047 or 1048)
* Humbert II, Count of Savoy (1065–1103)
* Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1135–1189)
* Humbert, bastard of Savoy (c.1318–1374), soldier
* Humbert V de Beaujeu (1198–1250)
* Humbert I of Viennois (1240–1307), Dauphin of the Viennois
* Humbert II of Viennois (1312–1355), Dauphin of the Viennois
* Humbert I of Italy (1844–1900), King of Italy
* Humbert II of Italy (1904–1983), King of Italy
* Humbert of Silva Candida (1015–1061), Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate
* Humbert of Romans (died 1277), master general of the Dominicans

Others
* Humbert Achamer-Pifrader, Austrian jurist, member of the SS of Nazi Germany and commander of Einsatzgruppe A, one of the major perpetrators of the Holocaust
* Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and politician, President of Brazil and the first President of the Brazilian military dictatorship
* Humberto Delgado, General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat and politician
* Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader and published writer, Minister of Defense of Nicaragua, one of the principal commanders of Sandinista revolution
* Humbert Roque Versace, United States Army officer, the first member of the U.S. Army to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed in Southeast Asia while in captivity

## Surname

* Agnès Humbert (1894–1963), French art historian and member of the French Resistance during World War II, daughter of Charles Humbert
* Albert Jenkins Humbert (1822–1877), British architect
* Charles Humbert (1866–1927), French politician and newspaper proprietor, father of Agnès Humbert
* Christophe Humbert (born 1979), French judoka
* Gustav Humbert (born 1950), German CEO
* Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), French botanist
* Jean Humbert (painter (1734–1749), Dutch painter
* Jean Emile Humbert (1771–1839), Dutch military engineer who rediscovered ancient Carthage
* Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (1755–1823), French general who participated in several notable military conflicts of the late 18th and early 19th century, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Castlebar and Battle of Ballinamuck
* Manon Humbert (born 1989), French curler
* Marie Humbert, Ghanaian actress
* Marie Georges Humbert (1859–1921), mathematician
	+ Humbert surface
* Pierre Humbert (architect) (1848–????)
* Pierre Humbert (mathematician) (1891–1953), for whom are named:
	+ Humbert polynomials
	+ Humbert series
* Nicole Humbert (née Rieger) (born 1972), German pole vaulter
* Thérèse Humbert (1856–1918), French female fraudster
* Ugo Humbert (1998- ), French tennis player

## Companies

* Humbert Aviation, a French aircraft manufacturer

## Fictional characters

* Humbert Humbert, narrator of the novel *Lolita*
* Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, an animated cat creation from *Whisper of the Heart* and *The Cat Returns*
* PuffPuff Humbert, frontman of the virtual band Your Favorite Martian.
* Graham Humbert, character *Once Upon a Time* (TV Series)

## See also

* Humbert, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais *département* in France
* Humberht
* Umberto, an Italian masculine given name
* Humberto, a Portuguese and Spanish masculine given name

## References

https://www.behindthename.com/name/humbert