Humphrey Forename
Approximately 84,001 people bear this name
Humphrey Forename Definition:
A male name. there was an Old English Hunfrith, a compound of the folkname Hunt (see Humbert) and frith ‘peace’; but the widespread use of the name in the Middle Ages was due to the introduction by the Normans of the French Onfroi from the cognate Old German Hunfrid.
Read More About This ForenameHumphrey Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | - | 18,673 | 1:849 | 192 |
| Kenya | 100% | 15,607 | 1:2,967 | 511 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12,607 | 1:4,187 | 716 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 10,282 | 1:17,269 | 1,866 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,293 | 1:4,288 | 565 |
| Malawi | 99% | 6,050 | 1:2,828 | 509 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,383 | 1:16,120 | 2,394 |
| United States | 100% | 1,600 | 1:226,586 | 7,745 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,351 | 1:15,996 | 1,578 |
| England | 100% | 1,013 | 1:54,889 | 2,525 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 899 | 1:18,801 | 1,850 |
| Uganda | 100% | 890 | 1:46,019 | 2,819 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 754 | 1:207 | 31 |
| Suriname | 100% | 691 | 1:800 | 135 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 673 | 1:22,918 | 2,449 |
| Ireland | 100% | 394 | 1:11,786 | 774 |
| Philippines | 99% | 372 | 1:284,972 | 11,311 |
| Jamaica | - | 197 | 1:14,636 | 1,415 |
| Canada | 100% | 176 | 1:188,258 | 7,354 |
| Liberia | 100% | 160 | 1:27,575 | 1,743 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 155 | 1:52,596 | 5,099 |
| Australia | - | 149 | 1:91,662 | 3,421 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 126 | 1:241,666 | 13,182 |
| Aruba | - | 121 | 1:858 | 164 |
| Botswana | 100% | 121 | 1:18,053 | 2,233 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Wales | 100% | 86 | 1:35,980 | 1,482 |
| New Zealand | - | 80 | 1:56,701 | 2,957 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:8,420 | 879 |
| Brazil | 100% | 63 | 1:3,400,574 | 60,429 |
| Barbados | - | 58 | 1:4,996 | 767 |
| China | - | 54 | 1:25,297,329 | 60,706 |
| Namibia | - | 42 | 1:57,242 | 3,348 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 39 | 1:774,408 | 18,104 |
| Scotland | 100% | 37 | 1:144,604 | 2,924 |
| Hong Kong | - | 36 | 1:215,353 | 3,327 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 36 | 1:37,817 | 3,714 |
| France | 100% | 34 | 1:1,955,010 | 11,553 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Indonesia | - | 26 | 1:9,921,680 | 317,188 |
| Guyana | 100% | 21 | 1:36,346 | 3,756 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Belgium | 100% | 19 | 1:604,739 | 9,016 |
| Germany | 89% | 19 | 1:5,088,309 | 20,573 |
| India | 100% | 19 | 1:63,940,946 | 1,014,029 |
| Belize | 100% | 17 | 1:20,842 | 2,309 |
| Chile | 100% | 17 | 1:1,035,718 | 9,287 |
| Singapore | 100% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Colombia | - | 15 | 1:3,185,262 | 21,696 |
| Peru | 100% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Russia | - | 7 | 1:20,604,815 | 59,831 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Norway | 100% | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Honduras | - | 4 | 1:2,204,367 | 17,261 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3 | 1:23,355,271 | 268,869 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Humphrey (94,241) may also be a surname.
Humphrey Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. there was an Old English Hunfrith, a compound of the folkname Hunt (see Humbert) and frith ‘peace’; but the widespread use of the name in the Middle Ages was due to the introduction by the Normans of the French Onfroi from the cognate Old German Hunfrid. Humfridus or Hunfridus occurs some score of times in Domesday Book. Later the French form of the name was latinized as Onuphrius. Umfray, Humfrye, Humfrey are some of the English forms; the spelling with ph instead of f is relatively modern. Dumphry and Dump were pet-forms, and the nursery hero Humpty-Dumpty probably contains an echo of this. Humphrey and Humphries variously spelt are common surnames. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says: ‘From being a noble and knightly name, Humphrey, as we barbarously spell it, came to be a peasant’s appellation, and is now almost disused.’ Since then, however, it has come back into favour and fashion.
Humfridus, Hunfridus Domesday Book 1086. Umfridus Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1220, Feudal Aids 1346. Humfredus Feudal Aids 1316. Umfrey Hundred Rolls 1273. Hunfray Hundred Rolls 1273.
Some absurdly translate this name ‘home-free, home-peace, or peace at home.’ It is without doubt the same with Cundfrid, which Wachter renders ‘defensor notus,’ i. e. illustrious protector. Kun-frid would translate ‘strong protector.’ The nicknames are Humps, Nump, and Numps.
Teutonic (masculine) - Home-peace.
A Teutonic name, meaning: Freeman. (Anglo-Saxon) Home protector.
Humphrey Forename Popularity
Humphrey Demographics
Average Humphrey Salary in
United States
$45,763 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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