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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and German : from a Germanic personal name, Holbert, Hulbert, composed of the elements hold, huld ‘friendly’, ‘gracious’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
  • German (Hülbert) : topographic name for someone living by a pool or small pond, from Old High German huliwa ‘pool’.

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