A male name. Old German Hugubert, compound of hugu ‘heart’, ‘mind’, and berhta ‘bright. There was a corresponding Old English Hygebeorht, but it was not common and the popularity of the name in the Middle Ages was undoubtedly derived from the cult of St Hubert, Bishop of Liége, the patron saint of huntsmen. The surnames Hubert, Hobart, Hubbard (from the usual English form of the name), Hubbert, &c., are derived from it and testify to its former popularity, but it seems to have died out after the 14th C, and Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 treats it as obsolete. It was revived in the later 19th C and is now not uncommon.

Hubertus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1187-1220. Hubert Close Rolls 1270. Hubard Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Hobard Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.

W. At one time wrongly explained as ‘bright of hue’, Hubert is, in Teutonic, ‘(of) bright mind.’ Hubert of Tongres was converted while out hunting, a sport to which he was much addicted: he has thus become the patron saint of hunters. Becoming a bishop, ‘he translated St. Lambert’s relics and See to Liége’ in 727, and died in that same year. (Benedictines.)

From the German name Hugobert, which Wachter derives from hug-bert, distinguished for memory or prudence.

Teutonic (masculine) - Mighty and illustrious.

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of bright mind: cheerful: bright.