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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Hubert m. Old German hugu 'mind, heart' +Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.

The name of an 8th C saint.

Sometimes confused with Humbert.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Hubin (nom) JeanIII p. 25
England
Latin
1189 Hubertus (nom) GASurv p. 115
Estonia
Middle Low German
1592 Hep Tiik1977 p. 286, Hoppe ibid. p. 286, Hubby ibid. p. 286
France
Latin
1029x1033 Hubertus (nom) CartStPC XII; 1038 Upertus (nom) StVdM-II 719; c1040 Uperto (abl) ibid. 728; 1066 Upertus (nom) ibid. 698; 1069 Upertus (nom) ibid. 717; 1079x1101 Huberto (abl) CartStPC XXXVII; 1101x1120 Hubertus (nom) ibid. XXIV; 1101x1129 Hubertus (nom) ibid. XVIII; a1108 Hubertus (nom) ibid. XXI; 1115x1149 Hubertus (nom) ibid. X; 1123 Huberti (gen) CartNDJosaphat XII; 1126 Hubertus (nom) CartStPC IV; 1130x1150 Hubertus (nom) ibid. XXVII; 1135 Huberti (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXVIII; c1140 Huberto (dat) ibid. LXXXIII, Hubertus (nom) ibid. LXXXIII; 1154 Huberti (gen) ibid. LIV; 1159 Huberto (dat) StVdM-II 736; 1180 Huberti (gen) RotScaNor p. 17; 1236 Huberto (abl) CartNDdOurscamp CXLVI; c1236 Huberto (dat) ibid. CXLVIII; 1236 Hubertus (nom) ibid. L; 1258 Huberti (gen) ArrestReg-volI XIII, BMV, Hubertus (nom) ibid. XIII, BMV; 1301 Huberti (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 212; 1378 Huberti (gen) hanquetvol1 340, Huberto (dat) ibid. 486, Hubertus (nom) ibid. 1340, Huperto (dat) ibid. 1205
Old French
1296 Hubert paris1296 p. 44; 1301 Hubers (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 335 [p. 235], Hubert (obl) ibid. p. 238; 1313 Hubert Paris1313 p. 44
Middle French
1392 Hubertus MemBret-II col. 615
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Uberti (gen) BBC-Berg 8; 1326 Ubertus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 442
1326 Ubertino (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 440
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Hubert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Hubert.