Humbert

Where Humbert comes from

From Old English Hunbeorht, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”). Name of a Flemish saint, and of Italian royalty.
— Wiktionary's entry for Humbert
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Humbert through the years
  1. 1900
    Debut at its peak, #1,050
    #1,050 among boys with 7 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.