Herbert

See also: herbert

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hebbard

Etymology

From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hari-bercht, from a Proto-Germanic source *Harjaberhtaz, from *harjaz (“army”) +‎ *berhtaz (“bright”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝbɚt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːbət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)t
• Hyphenation: Her‧bert

Proper noun

Herbert

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. In modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
   • 1989, David Leavitt, Equal Affections, →ISBN, page 215:

     Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me.

3. A small town in North Otago, New Zealand.
4. A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
5. A former government town in South Australia.
6. A town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada.
7. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois, United States.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Herbert.

Derived terms

• diminutives: Herb, Herbie, Bert.

Descendants

• →? Cebuano: Herbert

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫伯特 (zh) (Hèbótè)

• Czech: Herbert (cs)
• German: Herbert (de)
• Italian: Eriberto
• Japanese: ハーバート (Hābāto)
• Korean: 허버트 (Heobeoteu)
• Latvian: Herberts, Hērberts m
• Polish: Herbert (pl) m
• Russian: Ге́рберт (ru) m (Gérbert)
• Spanish: Heriberto (es) m
• Swedish: Herbert (sv)

Anagrams

• Berreth

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Herbert.

Proper noun

Herbert

1. a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrbɛrt]

Proper noun

Herbert m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herbert

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Herbert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herbert

Usage notes

• son of Herbert: Herbertsson
• daughter of Herbert: Herbertsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Herbert
Accusative	Herbert
Dative	Herberti
Genitive	Herberts

German

Etymology

From Old High German heri (“army”) +‎ beraht (“bright”). Older cognates are Old French Herbert and Frankish *Hari-bercht, hinting at a shared Proto-Germanic source *Harjaberhtaz.

Modern cognates include English Herbert and English Hebbard, Czech Herbert, French Herbert and Swedish Herbert

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Herbert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Herberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herbert

Related terms

• Haribert
• Helibert
• Heribert
• Herberta

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *Hari-bercht. See Saint Herbert.

Proper noun

Herbert m (nominative singular Herberz)

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Middle English: Herbert
  • English: Herbert, Hebbard
    • →? Cebuano: Herbert
• Middle French: Herbert
  • → Czech: Herbert
  • → Faroese: Herbert
  • French: Herbert
  • → German: Herbert (also from Old High German [Term?])
  • → Swedish: Herbert

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛr.bɛrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrbɛrt
• Syllabification: Her‧bert

Proper noun

Herbert m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herbert

Declension

Declension of Herbert

	singular	plural
nominative	Herbert	Herbertowie
genitive	Herberta	Herbertów
dative	Herbertowi	Herbertom
accusative	Herberta	Herbertów
instrumental	Herbertem	Herbertami
locative	Herbercie	Herbertach
vocative	Herbercie	Herbertowie

Further reading

• Herbert in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Herbert in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹hærbæʈ/

Proper noun

Herbert c (genitive Herberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herbert