Hubert

See also: Hubèrt and Húbert

English

Alternative forms

• (given name): Hubertus (Latinized)
• (surname): Hubbart

Etymology

From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”). See Saint Hubert.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhjubɚt/

Proper noun

Hubert (plural Huberts)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     : Act IV, Scene I:

     An if an angel should have come to me

     And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes

     I would not have believed him; no tongue but Hubert's.

2. A surname.

Translations

male given name

Chinese: Mandarin: 休伯特 (Xiūbótè) Czech: Hubert (cs) m Danish: Hubert c, Hubertus c Dutch: Hubert (nl) Esperanto: Huberto French: Hubert (fr) m German: Hubert (de) m, Hubertus m Greek: Ουβέρτος m (Ouvértos) Icelandic: Húbert (is) m Italian: Uberto (it) m Japanese: ヒュバート (Hyubāto) Norman: Hubèrt m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: Hubert (no) m, Hubertus m Nynorsk: Hubert m, Hubertus m Occitan: Ubert m Polish: Hubert (pl) m Russian: Губерт (Gubert) Spanish: Huberto (es) m Swedish: Hubert (sv) c, Hubertus c Walloon: Houbert m

Anagrams

• turbeh

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Hubert

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦubɛrt]

Proper noun

Hubert m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Hubert	Hubertové
genitive	Huberta	Hubertů
dative	Hubertovi, Hubertu	Hubertům
accusative	Huberta	Huberty
vocative	Huberte	Hubertové
locative	Hubertovi, Hubertu	Hubertech
instrumental	Hubertem	Huberty

Declension of Hubert (hard masculine animate)

Dutch

Etymology

From Hubertus, Latinised form of Hubrecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦy.bərt/, (French-based pronunciation) /(ɦ)yˈbɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Hu‧bert

Proper noun

Hubert m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Hubertus
• Hubrecht
• Huib
• Huub

Estonian

Etymology

From German Hubert.

Proper noun

Hubert (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a male given name from German, equivalent to English Hubert

Related terms

• Hugo
• Huko

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.bɛʁ/

Proper noun

Hubert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Hubert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Huberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Derived terms

• Huberta
• Hubertina
• Hubertine

Related terms

• Hubertus (Latinized)
• Hugbert
• Hugubert

Old French

Proper noun

Hubert m (nominative singular Huberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Hubert

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.bɛrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ubɛrt
• Syllabification: Hu‧bert

Proper noun

Hubert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Hubert	Huberci/Huberty (deprecative)
genitive	Huberta	Hubertów
dative	Hubertowi	Hubertom
accusative	Huberta	Hubertów
instrumental	Hubertem	Hubertami
locative	Hubercie	Hubertach
vocative	Hubercie	Huberci

Declension of Hubert

Related terms

• Huberta

Further reading

• Hubert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hubert.

Proper noun

Hubert m (genitive/dative lui Hubert)

1. a surname from German

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Hubert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦubɛrt/

Proper noun

Hubert m pers (diminutive Hubertko)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert

Declension

Declension of Hubert
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Hubert	Hubertovia
genitive	Huberta	Hubertov
dative	Hubertovi	Hubertom
accusative	Huberta	Hubertov
locative	Hubertovi	Hubertoch
instrumental	Hubertom	Hubertmi

Further reading

• “Hubert”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025