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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; 1201 Huberti (gen) ibid. p. 248; 1296 Huberti (gen) RCS-1 p. 92b
Dutch
1573 Hubrecht AuFr Esdale
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; 1565 Hubert RegPCC-1 p. 133
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Hubertus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 5
Italy
Latin
967 Huberti (gen) RCI-Cam1 3; 1099 Uberti (gen) ibid. 624; 1265x1339 Uberti (gen) BBC-Berg 8; 1310 Uberti (gen) MonRav-2 CCCL, Uberto (gen) ibid. CCCL, Ubertus (nom) ibid. CCCL; 1326 Ubertus (nom) Friuli-14thC no. 442
1310 Ubertellus (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL; 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 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Hubert.