Humbert

English

Etymology

From Old English Hunbeorht, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”). Name of a Flemish saint, and of Italian royalty.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌm.bət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌm.bəɹt/
• Hyphenation: Hum‧bert

Proper noun

Humbert

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.
   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, Foreword; - - - Chapter 36:

     "Humbert Humbert", their author, had died in legal captivity, - - -
     And I have toyed with many pseudonyms for myself before I hit a particularly apt one. There are in my notes "Otto Otto" and "Mesmer Mesmer" and "Lambert Lambert", but for some reason I think my choice expresses the nastiness best.

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亨伯特 (Hēngbótè)

• French: Humbert (fr)
• German: Humbert
• Greek: Ουμβέρτος (el) (Oumvértos)
• Italian: Umberto (it)
• Latin: Humbertus
• Old English: Hunbeorht
• Portuguese: Humberto (pt)
• Russian: Гумберт (Gumbert)
• Spanish: Humberto (es)

Anagrams

• thumber

French

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œ̃.bɛʁ/, /ɛ̃.bɛʁ/

Proper noun

Humbert m

1. a male given name
2. a surname

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”).

Proper noun

Humbert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Humberts)

1. a male given name