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I like the name in my opinion.

How am I the only one that doesn’t like this name? I guarantee if this is your name you’ll get called Pubert.

Aww Hubert! I fell in love with him a few months ago, I love the meaning of “bright heart”, and the name itself is so lovably old fashioned and dweeby. I think it could be usable in the U.S., it certainly wouldn’t get much praise but that’s the price of an unpopular name I guess. I would consider using it, if they weren’t so many other names I prefer. I kind of love the nn Hubby, if it wasn’t a nn for husband haha.

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The first time I heard the name was in the show Wind At My Back, about two brothers during the Great Depression, Hub (Hubert) and Fat (don’t recall his real name).

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It’s also what I would name a giant draft horse, like a clysdale or a shire, if I ever obtained one :)

I’ve always thought it sounded like the name of a medieval knight. Sir Hubert. It’s rather dignified.

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I’ve never known a Hubert.

While not a favourite of mine, I think it's dignified and mature. The meaning is lovely.

Two Huberts? I'm impressed! I've never met even one, though the surname Hubbard is familiar and presumably the same name. Hubert could be a way of almost giving Hubbard as a lnfn, if necessary. As Bert names go, I'd prefer Robert or Albert, but Hubert is certainly exotic.

I adore Hubert!

I think I actually prefer Norbert and Cuthbert.
But I'd prefer it to Humbert and maybe Lambert.

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In theory, it shouldn't seem that different from Hugh and Albert, but hyoob doesn't sound great to me, and my main associations are Pubert Addams and the word hubris.

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It seems like it was relatively popular in the US in the 1900s (in the top 500s up through about 1970 and charted until 1987), but I've never come across one. I'm more used to seeing Herbert.

This message was edited 4/16/2025, 6:34 PM

Average name from top50 in PL, I'm surprised it's not used more in other countries.
It's kind of name (or at least I see it that way) you choose when you don't want your kid to be 4th with the same name in class, but also not too original.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/hubert/top/poland?type=sample

It's actually pretty comical to me. There was a famous politician in the US, before my time, named Hubert Humphrey. I always thought that combination is especially funny. And the poor man's middle name was Horatio. So the whole combo to me sounds like a cartoon elephant.

Ohh, I love Hubert. It has SUCH a wonderful meaning.

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It does feel very medieval, and very European. I think naming a baby Hubert in North America would be looked upon as child abuse or something, people would not be able to handle it. But I adore it.