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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.

Belgium
Middle Dutch
● 1441 Hubrecht (nom) MPSA p. 37; 1443 Hubrecht (nom) ibid. p. 38; 1444 Hubrecht (nom) ibid. p. 38
Dutch
● 1597x1598 Hubert BoonenGes p. 385, Huybrecht ibid. p. 332, Huybrechts (gen) ibid. p. 376
Middle French
◑ 1351 Hubinon AnNam p. 144
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; 1586 Hubrecht ibid. Sergeant; 1589 Hubrecht ibid. p. 88; 1590 Hubrecht ibid. Weijrt; 1599 Huybrecht ibid. p. 89
Middle French
● 1573 Hubert WCS p. 9
Walloon
● 1583 Hubert RWC p. 437; 1584 Hubert ibid. p. 9; 1590 Hubert ibid. p. 14; 1590/1 Hubert ibid. p. 16; 1591 Hubert ibid. p. 18; 1591/2 Hubert ibid. p. 20; 1592 Hubert ibid. p. 21; 1593/4 Hubert ibid. p. 30; 1593 Hubert ibid. p. 564; 1594 Hubert ibid. p. 32
Estonia
Middle Low German
◑ 1592 Hep Tiik1977 p. 286, Hoppe ibid. p. 286, Hubby ibid. p. 286
France
Latin
● c823 Hubertus (nom) irminon-vol2 94, Ved; 1029x1033 Hubertus (nom) CartStPC XII; 1030x1031 Hubertus (nom) CartNoyers I; 1032x1064 Hubertus (nom) LDS LV; 1032x1100 Huberto (dat) ibid. LXV; 1038 Upertus (nom) StVdM-II 719; c1040 Uperto (abl) ibid. 728; 1066 Upertus (nom) ibid. 698; 1069 Upertus (nom) ibid. 717; 1070 Hubertus (nom) LDS appendix, XXIX; 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; c1120 Hubertus (nom) CartNoyers CDXXXVI; 1123 Huberti (gen) CartNDJosaphat XII, Hubertus (nom) CartYonne1 CXXXV; 1126 Hubertus (nom) CartStPC IV; 1130x1150 Hubertus (nom) ibid. XXVII; 1134 Huberti (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CLV; 1135 Huberti (gen) ibid. 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; 1240 Huberto (dat) HAP p. 372; 1258 Huberti (gen) ArrestReg-volI XIII, BMV, Hubertus (nom) ibid. XIII, BMV; 1268 Hubertus (nom) NDParisII 2-V; 1269 Hubertus (nom) ibid. 2-III; 1292 Hubertus (nom) MemBret-I 1103; 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
◑ 1313 Hubin Paris1313 p. 169
Middle French
● 1392 Hubertus MemBret-II col. 615; 1565 Hubert RegPCC-1 p. 133; 1566 Hubert ibid. p. 250
Germany
Latin
● 856 Hucbertus (nom) OrkGZ no. 46; 1263 Hubertus (nom) hennes-vol1 199
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Hubertus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 5
Italy
Latin
● 828 Hucperht (nom) FRA-XXXL 12; 967 Huberti (gen) RCI-Cam1 3; 1099 Uberti (gen) ibid. 624; 1169 Ubertus (nom) SDE3 III; 1198 Uberto (abl) ChStBo1 III, Ubertus (nom) ibid. IV; 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; 1366 Uberti (gen) Livi 34; 1367 Uberti (gen) ibid. 146; 1368 Ubertus (nom) ibid. 196; 1369 Uberti (gen) ibid. 243; 1464 Ubertus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
◑ 1198 Ubertinus (nom) ChStBo1 V; 1310 Ubertellus (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL; 1326 Ubertino (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 440; 1369 Ubertino (abl) Livi 242
Italian
◑ 1429–1430 Ubertino DiaryLMA p. 260
The Netherlands
Latin
● 714 Hugoberti (gen) OrkGZ no. 4; 1257 Hubertus (nom) OHZI-II no. 28
Switzerland
Latin
● 1494 Huberto (abl) MHCG2 259
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Hubert". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Hubert.