Word.ws English Dictionary

Hubert

US/ˈhjubɚt/

Hubert proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.

Proper noun

Hubert (plural Huberts)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.
    • An if an angel should have come to me
      And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes
      I would not have believed him; no tongue but Hubert's.Act IV, Scene I
  2. A surname.

Forms of Hubert

pluralHuberts
alternative formHubertus
alternative formHubbart

Origin of Hubert

From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”). See Saint Hubert.

Words formed from Hubert

Questions about Hubert

What does Hubert mean?
Hubert means a male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.
What part of speech is Hubert?
Hubert is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hubert?
Hubert is pronounced /ˈhjubɚt/ (US).

Words near Hubert in the dictionary

  1. Hubei
  2. hubeite
  3. Huber
  4. Huber Heights
  5. Huberman
  6. Hubert
  7. Huberta
  8. Huberts
  9. Huberty
  10. Hubertys
  11. Hubin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hubert (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Hubert.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hubert. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.