Humbert Forename

144,496th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,591 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Humbert Forename Definition:

A male name. Old German Hunberct, compound of Huni the folk-name, which probably originally meant ‘giant’, and berhta ‘bright’. The name is most common, as Umberto, in Italy, but is also used in Germany, and occasionally in England by persons of German origin.

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Humbert Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
8191:442,65812,169
France
100%
3511:189,3743,154
Suriname
100%
1811:3,054705
Venezuela
100%
1471:205,4557,438
Spain
100%
1321:352,5005,360
Philippines
99%
 
1171:906,06425,409
Brazil
100%
1021:2,100,35443,529
Peru
100%
761:418,3097,987
Germany
100%
661:1,464,8169,722
Iran
100%
451:1,744,37511,468
Jamaica-431:67,0523,397
India
99%
 
411:29,631,170611,330
Netherlands
100%
391:433,38711,406
Colombia
100%
281:1,706,39015,412
Canada
100%
271:1,227,16222,440
Belgium
100%
261:441,9257,537
Switzerland
100%
251:328,5406,234
Mexico
100%
251:4,965,77720,003
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Chile
95%
 
191:926,6958,687
Argentina
93%
 
161:2,673,3288,808
Saint Lucia
100%
151:11,8541,528
Benin
100%
141:755,41721,293
England
97%
 
111:5,054,81145,959
Cameroon
100%
101:2,161,05045,539
Ivory Coast
100%
91:2,563,99353,027
Austria
100%
91:946,0226,960
Cuba-91:1,278,5064,217
Slovenia
100%
91:273,1954,351
Burkina Faso
100%
81:2,297,43445,707
Thailand
85%
 
81:8,758,227128,595
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Uruguay-71:489,6626,003
Italy
100%
71:8,723,15629,138
Russia
100%
61:24,038,95165,699
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Honduras-51:1,763,49315,274
Armenia
100%
51:583,7516,330
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Seychelles-41:23,1681,192
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Gabon
100%
41:470,8342,822
Costa Rica
100%
41:1,191,98712,292
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
Nicaragua
100%
31:2,006,11219,543
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Czechia-21:5,328,0818,108
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549

The alternate forms: Húmbert (1) are calculated separately.

Humbert (33,561) may also be a surname.

Humbert Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old German Hunberct, compound of Huni the folk-name, which probably originally meant ‘giant’, and berhta ‘bright’. The name is most common, as Umberto, in Italy, but is also used in Germany, and occasionally in England by persons of German origin.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

M. A Teutonic name signifying ‘bright (bert, A. -S. beorht) support’ (hum, as in Humfrey).

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Teutonic (masculine) - Light of home.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Teutonic name, meaning: Light of the home.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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