Hubert

**Hubert** is a Germanic masculine given name, from *hug* "mind" and *beraht* "bright". It also occurs as a surname, although to a lesser extent.

As did all Germanic names, the name Hubert emerged around 500 BCE during the time when Proto-Germanic was spoken, meaning the name is around 3000 years old. Along with all other Germanic names, it is one of the most ancient given names still in use today, although it is among the least used Germanic names today.

The name was used in the Roman Empire in its Latin form **Hubertus**. With the establishment of the British Empire, French Empire, Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire, the English, French, Spanish and Portuguese languages started to spread, and because of it Hubert, in its forms in these languages, was brought to other continents. Today, thanks to the English language, the name Hubert is used on all geographic continents.

The Latin form Hubertus is used in German and Dutch as well. Since in the French language the last "t" sound is not pronounced, another form of the name **Huber**, missing the last "t" sound has also emerged. Despite that, the spelling does not reflect the French pronounciation fully, as in French the first two letters "hu-" would be pronounced as an "i" sound.

## Variations

* Hobart (given name) and Hobart (surname) (English)
* Hub (Dutch)
* Hubbert (surname)
* Hubertas (Lithuanian, e.g. Hubertas Grušnys)
* Huberto (Spanish)
* Hubertus (Dutch, German, Latin)
* Hubrecht (Dutch)
* Huib, Huibert, Huibrecht, Huijbrecht (Dutch)
* Hupert (surname)
* Huppert (given name and surname)
* Hupperts (surname)
* Huppertz (surname)
* Huprecht (German)
* Huub, Huybert, Huybrecht (Dutch)
* Uberto (Italian)

## People with the given name Hubert

### Saints

* Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers.

### Presidents and Prime Ministers

* Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978), American pharmacist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States of America
* Hubert Ingraham (born 1947), prime minister of the Bahamas
* Hubert Loutsch (1878–1946), 10th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
* Hubert Maga (1916–2000), President of the now no longer existing country of Dahomey
* Hubert Pierlot (1883–1963), Belgian politician and military officer, Prime Minister of Belgium, one of the principal commanders of World War II, German invasion of Belgium (1940) and European theatre of World War II

### Military leaders

* Hubert Adair (1917–1940), World War II Royal Air Force pilot
* Hubert Buchanan (born 1941), a United States Air Force captain and fighter pilot
* Hubert Chevis (1902–1931), a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931
* Hubert Gough (1870–1963), senior officer in the British Army and commander of British Fifth Army in the First World War
* Fritz-Hubert Gräser, German general, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Bautzen (1945)
* Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), French general, one of the principal commanders of Rif War
* Hubertus van Mook (1894–1965), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, one of the principal commanders of Indonesian National Revolution and Battle of Java (1942)

### Others

* Hubert Aaronson (1924–2005), F. Mehl University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
* Hubert Boulard, a French comics creator who is unusually credited as "Hubert"
* Hubert Brasier (1917–1981), a Church of England clergyman, more famously the father of UK Prime Minister Theresa May
* Hubert Henry Davies, British playwright and director
* Hubert Davis, American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's team
* Hubert Davis, a Madison County, North Carolina sheriff who refused to leave office after losing the 1950 Madison County Sheriff election
* Hubert "Hub" van Doorne, Dutch oligarch, businessman and healthcare worker
* Hubert Dreyfus (1929–2017), American philosopher
* Hubert, Duke of Spoleto (died c.969), illegitimate son of King Hugh of Italy
* Hubert van Eyck (c.1385–1426), Early Dutch painter
* Hubert Fichte (1935–1986), German novelist
* Hubert Gallant (born 1955), former Canadian professional wrestler
* Hubert Geralds (born 1964), American fugitive
* Hubert de Givenchy (1921–2018), French fashion designer who founded the house of Givenchy in 1952
* Hubert von Goisern (born 1952), Austrian musician
* Hubert Henno, Dutch tennisist
* Hubert von Herkomer (1849–1914), German-born British painter, film-director and composer
* Hubert Hurkacz (born 1997), Polish tennis player
* Hubert Hüppe (born 1956), German politician
* Hubert Kitchen (1928–2020), Canadian politician
* Hubert Lampo (1920–2006), Flemish writer
* Hubert Laws (born 1939), American flutist and saxophonist
* Hubert von Luschka (1820–1875), German anatomist
* Hubert Mara, Austrian Computer Scientist who specializes in Archaeoinformatics and the application of methods from computer science to the humanities, and thus a combination of these fields
* Hubert Marischka, Austrian operetta tenor, actor, film director and screenwriter.
* Hubert Nelson (disambiguation)|Hubert Nelson, multiple people
* Hubert Parker, multiple people
* Hubert Robert (1733–1808), French landscape painter
* Hubert Roberts (born 1961), American-Israeli basketball player
* Hubert Strolz (born 1962), Austrian alpine skier
* Hubert Sumlin (1931–2011), American blues guitarist and singer
* Hubert Van Innis (1868–1961), Belgian archer
* Hubert Walter (c. 1160–1205) Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England
* Hubert Walter (1930–2008), German anthropologist
* Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., a man with the longest last name in recorded history
* Hubert W. Woodruff (1923–2019), American lawyer and politician
* Hubert Wu (born 1990), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
* Hubert Wulfranc (born 1956), French politician
* Hubert Zafke (1920–2018), Nazi S.S. medic, prisoner torturer and mass murderer

### Fictional characters

* Hubert Franz, character from the German crime TV series *Hubert and Staller*
* Hubert, the titular pig in the French animated comedy series *Hubert and Takako*
* King Hubert, a fictional character from the 1959 Disney film *Sleeping Beauty*
* Hubert Ambrewster, a character on the TV sitcom *The Ropers*
* Sir Hubert Blunt, a character in the 1980s animated television series *Dragon's Lair*
* Hubert Cumberdale, a fictional character from David Firth's *Salad Fingers*
* Hubert *Huey* Duck, nephew of Donald Duck
* Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, a fictional professor from the animated sitcom *Futurama*
* Lieutenant Hubert Gruber, a character in the BBC sitcom '*Allo 'Allo!*
* Hubert Oswell, a character from the video game *Tales of Graces*
* Hubert von Vestra, a character from the video game *Fire Emblem: Three Houses*

## People with the surname Hubert

* Allison Hubert (1901–1978), American football player
* Andy Hubert (born 1990), German footballer
* Anthoine Hubert (1996–2019), French racing driver
* David Hubert (born 1988), Belgian footballer
* Étienne Hubert (disambiguation), several people
* Guy Hubert (born 1979), Malagasy footballer
* Henri Hubert (1872–1927), French archaeologist and sociologist
* Janet Hubert (born 1956), American film and television actress
* Konrad Hubert (1507–1577), German Reformed theologian
* Laëtitia Hubert (born 1974), French figure skater
* Tom Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer
* Wyatt Hubert (born 1998), American football player

## Popularity

In England and Wales, Hubert was the 65th most commonly given male name in 1904, 71st in 1914 and 87th in 1924. By 1934 it had dropped out of the Top 100.

## See also

* Heber, Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic given name Éibhear
* Hebert, a Germanic given name
* Hibbert, given name derived from Hildebert
* Huber, German occupational surname