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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly northeast) : nickname for a meek or lowly person, from Middle English, Old French (h)umble (Latin humilis ‘lowly’, a derivative of humus ‘ground’).
  • French (also Humblé) : from a short pet form of the personal name Humbert.

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