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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Herbert m. Old English here, Old High German heri 'host, army' + Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht 'bright' from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.

The name of a number of early French and English saints.

Austria
Latin
930 Heriperht (nom) UrkStyria 19
Belgium
Latin
1119 Heriberti (gen) CartStBert 8
England
Latin
1155 Hereberti (gen) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 1181 Herebertus (nom) StPaulDom p. 115; 1189 Herbertus (nom) GASurv p. 83, Herebertus (nom) ibid. p. 100; 1222 heberti (gen) StPaulDom p. 24; 1302 Herbertus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 4; 1347 Herberti (gen) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 6, Herberto (abl) ibid. no. 6
1189 Herbelot (nom) GASurv p. 223
Anglo-French
1245–1250[1586] Herbert Glover 26
Estonia
Middle Low German
1426 Herbert BbRT p. 351; 1442 Herbert ibid. p. 365
France
Latin
693 Heriberti (gen) DCEL-2 Add. V; 696 Heriberti (gen) ibid. Add. VIII, Heribertus (nom) ibid. Add. VIII; c823 Eribertus (nom) irminon-vol2 10, Ved, Hairbertus (nom) ibid. 14, Gaugiacum, Herbertus (nom) ibid. 94, Ved; 937x993 Arberti (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 86; 942 Arbertus (nom) ibid. 131, Arperti (gen) ibid. 131; 952x1000 Arberti (gen) ibid. no. 95; 978? Arberti (gen) ibid. 141, Arbertus (nom) ibid. 141; 994 Ariberti (gen) CartSavII 7; 1000x1030 Arberti (gen) St-Barnard-Romans 143; 1029x1033 Herbertus (nom) CartStPC XII; 1030 Aribertus (nom) StVdM-II 678; c1035 Ariberti (gen) ibid. 668, Heriberti (gen) ibid. 669; 1051 Arberti (gen) St-Barnard-Romans 142, Arbertus (nom) ibid. 142; 1055 Aberto (abl) StVdM-II 739, Arberti (gen) ibid. 739, Arberto (abl) ibid. 739; 1059 Arbertus (nom) ibid. 687; 1067x1074 Herbertus (nom) CartNDSaintes XIII; 1070 Arbertus (nom) StVdM-II 740; fin11thC Arberti (gen) St-Barnard-Romans 150; 1101x1129 Herbertus (nom) CartStPC XLI; 1107 Herberti (gen) ibid. XVII; a1108 Herbertus (nom) ibid. XXI; a1114 Herbertus (nom) ibid. XXXI; 1121 Herbertus (nom) CartNDJosaphat X; 1122x1139 Herbertus (nom) CartYonne1 CXXXIII; 1125 Heriberti (gen) CartStBert 10; 1125x1136 Erberti (gen) CartYonne1 CXXXIX; 1135 Herbertus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7, Hirberto (abl) ibid. 7; 1138x48 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 21; 1138x62 Herberti (gen) ibid. 67; 1138x1148 Herbertum (acc) ibid. 21; 1138x1162 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 74; 1147 Arberto (abl) ibid. 14, Erberto (abl) ibid. 14, Erbertus (nom) ibid. 14, Herberti (gen) ibid. 14, Herbertus (nom) ibid. 15, Hirbertus (nom) ibid. 14; 1147x62 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 55; 1153 Aribertus (nom) CartNDSaintes IX; c1156 Heberti (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXXII; 1157 Herbertus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 32; 1163 Herberti (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XCVI, clairvaux-12thc 99; 1163–64 Arbertus (nom) ibid. 107, Herbertus (nom) ibid. 106; 1164 Arbertus (nom) ibid. 120, Herbertus (nom) ibid. 120; 1173 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 157; c1175–1180 Herbertus (nom) ChartCaen2 p. 71; 1179 Arberti (gen) clairvaux-12thc 181, Arberto (abl) ibid. 181, Arbertus (nom) ibid. 176, Herberti (gen) ibid. 180, Herberto (abl) ibid. 180, Herbertus (nom) ibid. 178; 1180 Herberto (abl) RotScaNor p. 3, Herbertus (nom) ibid. p. 4; 1216x1227 herbertus (nom) ChartCaen2 19; 1239 Arberti (gen) St-Barnard-Romans 382b; 1244 Herbertus (nom) NDParisII 2-CVII; 1260 Arbertus (nom) ArrestReg-volI XII, Candlemas; 1268 Herbertus (nom) NDParisII 2-V; 1269 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 2-III; 1269x70 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 2-XXXII; 1273 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 2-XLIII; 1301 Hebertus (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 199, Herberti (gen) ibid. p. 198
Old French
1292 Hebert (obl) HistHdVParis p. 114, Herbert (obl) ibid. p. 115; 1296 Hebert paris1296 p. 46; 1301 Herbert (obl) ArchReimsII1 XIV; c1301 Herbert (obl) HistHdVParis p. 151; 1302 Herbers (nom) ArchReimsII1 XXVII, Herbert (obl) ibid. XXVII; 1306 Herbers (nom) ibid. LV, Herbert (obl) ibid. LV; 1307 Herbers (nom) ibid. LX, Herbert (obl) ibid. LX; 1313 Hebert Paris1313 p. 25
1313 Herbelot Paris1313 p. 22
Middle French
1354 Aberto MHN DLX; 1421 Hebert favier 21; 1423 Hebert ibid. 483; 1568 Hébert RegPCC-1 p. 363; 1571 Hébert ibid. p. 442
1423 Herbin favier 57
Germany
Latin
c925 Heriperht (nom) UrkStyria 15; 963x1023 Heribert (nom) TradCorb §227; 1000 Heribertus (nom) UrkStyria 33, quix-vol1 19; 1001 Heribertus (nom) HambUrk-vol1 LV; 1016 Hereberti (gen) UrkStyria 38, Heriberti (gen) ibid. 37; 1100 Heribertus (nom) quix-vol1 78; 1108 Herbertus (nom) ibid. 85, Heriberto (abl) ibid. 85; 1147 Heribert (nom) mairhofer XXVII; 1173 Heribertus (nom) UrkMeck1 no. II; 1185 Heribertus (nom) quix-vol1 37; 1197 Heribertus (nom) ibid. 83; 1222 Heribertus (nom) ibid. 74
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Herbertus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 5, Herebertus (nom) ibid. III, p. 21
fin12thC Herbolot (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 17
Italy
Latin
770 Hariperaht (nom) FRA-XXXL 2; 999 Heriberto (abl) HGSav-4.1 p. 1, Heribertus (nom) ibid. p. 2; 1156 Herbertus (nom) CartYonne1 CCLXXX; 1282 Arberto (dat) DSS5-1-4 VII
The Netherlands
Latin
838 Heriberti (gen) OrkGZ no. 33; 850 Herebreth (nom) ibid. no. 41; 1254 Arbartus (nom) GesOIJ-1 p. 294; 1291 Herberdus (nom) ibid. p. 297; 1387 herberdi (gen) ibid. p. 305, herberdus (nom) ibid. p. 304
Scotland
Latin
c1120 Herberto (abl) ESC XXXV; 1123 Herberto (abl) ibid. XLVII; 1124 Herberto (abl) ibid. XLVIII; 1424 Herberti (gen) RMSRS-2 15, Herberto (abl) ibid. 3; 1426/7 Herberto (abl) ibid. 86; 1426 Herberto (dat) ibid. 48
Sweden
Old Swedish
1376 Herbrict (nom) SDHK no. 10824
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Herbert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Herbert.