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When hearing about this name, I fear your more well read man would shiver in disgust upon hearing it. Iykyk.
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Humbert Howard (1905 or 1915-1990) was an American artist and art director of the Pyramid Club.
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Humbert Allen "Bud" Astredo, Jr. (1929 – 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He made several notable Broadway and Off Broadway theatrical performances, but was best known for the numerous roles he performed on the daytime Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows, most notably that of the warlock Nicholas Blair.
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Captain Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace (1937 – 1965) was a United States Army officer of Puerto Rican–Italian descent who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his heroic actions while a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. He was the first member of the U.S. Army to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed in Southeast Asia while in captivity.
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Humbert I (Italian: Umberto I; c. 950 – 1042 or 1047 x 1048), better known as Humbert the White-Handed (French: Humbert aux blanches-mains) or Humbert Whitehand (Italian: Umberto Biancamano), was the founder of the House of Savoy. Of obscure origins, his service to the Holy Roman Emperors Henry II and Conrad II was rewarded with the counties of Maurienne and Aosta and lands in Valais, all at the expense of local bishops and archbishops; the territory came to be known as the county of Savoy.
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This is another name that is too heavily associated with literature, and will hence attract negative attention.
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I have no idea what the literature association is. However, I dislike this name because of its close relation to annoying words like "bah-humbug" and "humble." It also sounds really old.
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The commenter below may refer to Humbert Humbert, the protagonist of the novel 'Lolita'.
It's mentioned in the 'Namesakes' page.
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It's mentioned in the 'Namesakes' page.
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As to "bright" vs. "famous," bright is likely the most literal interpretation, but, in the sense of "shining" or "luminary," fame can also be implied.
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Very rare in france.
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Doesn't beraht mean 'bright' (they are obvious cognates), rather than famous? The name would therefore mean 'bright warrior'. [noted -ed]
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The German pronunciation is HUWM-bert. [noted -ed]
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I've only heard this name on the character Humbert Humbert from Lolita, and I can definitely understand why this name hasn't been used since. This name will always be associated with that story, because that story is old, and it has clearly stood the test of time, as people still read it, and there will surely be more movies made of it. Plus, sexually premature girls will surely be called Lolitas for a long time to come, which is another reason why the story sticks around. Besides, this is a very old-fashioned, rather geeky, and somewhat elitist name.
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Please don't name your child Humbert. It's far too associated with pedophilia.
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Humbert Woulf was a bearer of this name.
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Humbert Humbert is the narrator of the novel "Lolita" by Nabakov.
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The family name is known in today Poland, but it is a seldom family-name. It is known in two forms: Umperowicz (ten people, mostly in west part of Poland) and Umpirowicz (34 people, mostly in west and north parts of Poland). The name is derived form the personal name of German origin Humbert (hun 'the name of the Huns' tribe' + beraht 'bright, hell') with the Suffix -owicz and means 'the son of Humbert'. The name Humbert was adapted into the Polish language as Umber, Umper or Umpir and from these forms were family names derived. All the forms you are giving are the variations of the same family name. These variations are the result of adaptation of the family name to German or other languages, so you write Umperovitch and you read [Umperovicz] (cz as in English chair). Writing as -vitch, witz are the results of adaptations of the family name into German, where the names with Polish -icz, -owicz were so written.
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