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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.

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.