Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Famous giant

Boy name variations

Umberto
Humberto
Humbirt
Humbyrt

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Dutch, and French : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hun ‘Hun’, ‘giant’ or hūn ‘bear cub’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This was particularly popular in the Netherlands and North Germany during the Middle Ages as a result of the fame of a 7th-century St. Humbert, who founded the abbey of Marolles in Flanders.

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