Herb Forename

34,955th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 22,204 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Herb Forename Definition:

A pet-name, not wholly free from vulgarity, for Herbert.

Herb Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
17,1421:21,1491,669
Canada
100%
4,5311:7,313981
New Zealand-1181:38,4412,326
Philippines
96%
 
601:1,766,82540,630
Brazil
100%
451:4,760,80375,660
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
Germany
100%
301:3,222,59615,431
Netherlands
96%
 
221:768,27615,209
South Africa
100%
221:2,478,75768,223
Australia-211:650,3639,310
Mexico
100%
131:9,549,57129,766
Switzerland
92%
 
111:746,6819,974
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Thailand-61:11,677,636152,954
Spain-61:7,754,99417,266
France-51:13,294,06836,843
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
India-41:303,719,4932,628,057
Afghanistan-41:8,155,87935,337
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
Czechia
100%
41:2,664,0405,608
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Russia
100%
41:36,058,42683,389
Vietnam-41:23,155,7785,302
Guatemala-31:5,369,4769,171
Cayman Islands-31:20,4331,694
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Taiwan
100%
31:7,923,22799,341
Nigeria-21:88,782,180420,186
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Israel-21:4,201,45930,777
Austria-21:4,257,10013,469
Georgia-21:1,869,23320,119
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Belgium-21:5,745,02030,381
England
100%
21:27,801,460132,211
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Ukraine
100%
11:45,499,90832,056
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Palau-11:21,711239
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376

Herb (9,270) may also be a surname.

Herb Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A pet-name, not wholly free from vulgarity, for Herbert.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Herb Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herbs8951/
Herbt8949/
Kherb8923/
Cherb897/
Hoerb892/
Heerb892/
Hearb892/
Herbz892/
Hherb892/
Herrb892/
Herbd891/
Jherb891/
Erb86172/
Herbtt801/
Hearbz801/
Herbht801/
Herv7559,082/
Harb7510,275/
Herp75156/
Gerb7549/
Jerb7522/
Herf7519/
Aerb7517/
Erbs755/
Earb754/
Horb753/
Esrb752/
Erbt752/
Hirb752/
Oerb752/
Eyrb751/
Eirb751/
Herw751/
Ihrb751/
Ierb751/
Erhb751/
Ehrb751/
Cheerbt731/
Chherbs731/
Heerw67136/
Cherv6770/
Herfe6726/
Herff6723/
Cherf6719/
Cherp677/
Hearw677/
Herpe676/
Hjerp676/
Harbh674/
Kherv673/
Kherf673/
Cherw673/
Erbth673/
Khirb672/
Heerv672/
Hervė672/
Aharb672/
Chirb671/
Kherw671/
Huirb671/
Kherp671/
Ythrb671/
Herrv671/
Hierf671/
Hoerp671/
Herft671/
Jeerb671/
Harhb671/
Heirf671/
Herfp671/
Herws671/
Aerhb671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Herb