# Humbert (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/humbert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “offspring”, “(bear) cub”, “bright” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌm.bəɹt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 431 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 431 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English Hunbeorht, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”). Name of a Flemish saint, and of Italian royalty.

## What it means

Humbert is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 9 | 2,651 |
| 1935 | 13 | 2,081 |
| 1936 | 8 | 2,738 |
| 1937 | 9 | 2,576 |
| 1939 | 9 | 2,529 |
| 1940 | 6 | 3,280 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,373 |
| 1946 | 6 | 3,330 |
| 1947 | 6 | 3,521 |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,943 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,971 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,072 |
| 1956 | 8 | 3,071 |
| 1961 | 9 | 2,986 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,360 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 亨伯特
- French: Humbert
- German: Humbert
- Greek: Ουμβέρτος
- Italian: Umberto
- Latin: Humbertus
- Portuguese: Humberto
- Russian: Гумберт
- Spanish: Humberto

## People named Humbert

- Humbert I of Savoy, 11th-century founder of the House of Savoy
- Humbert of Silva Candida, French cardinal, writer and diplomat
- Humbert II of Viennois, Dauphin de Viennois
- Humbert I of Viennois, French noble
- Humbert Balsan, French film producer (1954-2005)
- Humbert V de Beaujeu, Abt 1199 - May 1250
- Humbert Achamer-Pifrader, Bohemian colonel (1900–1945)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.