Name: Herbert
Gender: Male
Usage: Herbert is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Herbert are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Herbert across the world, see Herb.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Herbert is: Bright army, Illustrious warrior.
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Numerology of the first name Herbert: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Herbert is ranked on the 1,644th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 271100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Herbert has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Herbert for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Herbert is a Germanic given name, from hari "host" and beraht "bright". See also Heribert, another given name with the same roots.
English, German, and French: of Continental Germanic origin, introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is composed of the elements heri, hari army + berht bright, famous. A form of this name (Herebeorht) existed in England before the Conquest, at which time it was replaced by the Continental form introduced by the Normans. This gave rise to an important surname. The family were earls of Pembroke in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the poet George Herbert was a member of the family. By the end of the Middle Ages Herbert was little used as a given name, and its greater frequency in Britain from the 19th century onwards owes something to the trend for the revival of medieval names of Germanic origin and something to the trend for the transferred use of surnames.
Variant: German: Heribert.
Cognate: Dutch: Harbert.
Short form: English: Herb.
Pet form: English: Herbie.
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