Herbert (given name)
Herbert is a Germanic given name, from harja- "army", "warrior" or "noble, sublime"[1] and beraht "bright" or "shining"[2] (compare Robert). See also Heribert and Aribert, other given names with the same roots.
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Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Meaning | "army-bright" |
Region of origin | Germanic countries (England, Scotland, Germany, Scandinavian region) |
Other names | |
Related names | Herb (short), Herbie (nickname), Herbert, Herobert, Aribert |
People named Herbert[]
- Saint Herbert
- Herbert of Derwentwater (died 687), Anglo-Saxon hermit, priest, and saint
- Herbert I of Maine (died 1036), Frankish count
- Herbert II of Maine (died 1062), Frankish count
- Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (848–907), Frankish count
- Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (880–943), Frankish count
- Herbert III, Count of Vermandois (987–997), Frankish count
- Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois (1045–1080), Frankish count
- Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), American historian
- Herbert H. Asquith (1852–1928), leader of the Liberal Party and UK Prime Minister during World War I
- Herbert Austin (1866–1941), English car maker, founder of the Austin Motor Company and Member of Parliament
- Herbert Backe (1896–1947), German politician and SS functionary during the Nazi era
- Herbert Baker (1862–1946), British architect
- Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), Austrian graphic designer
- Herbert von Bismarck (1849–1904), German diplomat
- Herbert Brede, Estonian general
- Herbert J. Brees (1877–1958), lieutenant in the United States Army
- Herbert C. Brown (1912–2004), American chemist
- Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996), American politician
- Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950), British painter
- Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), British historian
- Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician
- Herbert Cohen (born 1940), American Olympic fencer
- Herbert Croly (1869–1930), American writer
- Herbert Cukurs, Latvian aviator, member of the Arajs Kommando, which was involved in the Holocaust
- Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), German diplomat and last German Ambassador to the United Kingdom before World War II
- Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930), Canadian-born American industrialist
- Herbert Dreilich (1942–2004), German singer
- Herbert Elliott (1887–1973), English cricketer
- Herbert Flam (1928–1980), American tennis player
- Herbert W. Franke (born 1927), Austrian writer
- Herbert Gelernter (1930–2015), American scientist
- Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and translator
- Herbert Gold (born 1924), American novelist
- Herbert Gould (1891–1918),
- Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), German actor and musician
- Herbert Gross (1929–2020), American mathematician
- Herbert Hagen, SS-Sturmbannführer of Nazi Germany and a personal assistant to the SS police chief in France
- Herbert Hauptman (1917–2011), American mathematician
- Herbert Hirche (1910–2002), German architect and designer
- Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), American politician, 31st President of the United States
- Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903–1969), American engineer, businessman, and politician, eldest son of Herbert Hoover
- Herbert N. Houck (1915–2002), American Naval flying ace awarded three Navy Crosses during World War II
- Herbert Howells (1892–1983), English composer, organist and teacher famous for his Anglican church music
- Herbert C. Jones (1918–1941), officer in the United States Navy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Herbert Kappler (1907–1978), Nazi German SS officer and head of German police and security services in Rome
- Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989), Austrian conductor
- Herbert Buckingham Khaury (1932–1996), musician known as Tiny Tim
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British First World War field marshal and colonial administrator, one of the principal commanders in the Mahdist War and the Second Boer War
- Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
- Herbert Lawrence (1861–1943), general in the British Army, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Romani
- Herbert Loch (1886–1976), German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II
- Herbert Lom (1917–2012), Czech actor
- Herbert Lumsden (1897–1945), senior British Army officer of World War I and II
- Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), German philosopher
- Herbert Marshall (1890–1966), English actor
- Herbert McCabe (1926–2001), English-born Irish Dominican priest, theologian, and philosopher
- Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), British politician
- Herbert Mullin (born 1947), American serial killer and mass murderer
- Herbert "Bert" Pitman, English Merchant Navy sailor, who was the Third Principal Commanding Officer of RMS Titanic
- Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932), senior British Army officer of the First World War
- Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945), American oil industrialist
- Herbert Irving Preston (1876–1928), American Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
- Herbert B. Powell (1903–1998), U.S. Army General and Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command
- Herbert Ross (1927–2001), American director
- Herbert Saffir (1917–2007), American scientist
- Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873–1967), American philosopher, academic, and one-time political candidate
- Herbert Schwamborn (born 1973), Zimbabwean music producer
- Herbert Schultze (1909-1987), German U-boat (submarine) commander of World War II
- Herbert Seifert (1907–1996), German mathematician
- Herbert M. Seneviratne (1925-1987), Sri Lankan Sinhala lyricist and actor
- Herbert Clifford Serasinghe, Sri Lankan Sinhala physician
- Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American political scientist
- Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), English philosopher
- Herbert Stevens IV (born 1987), American hip-hop recording artist who records under the name "Ab-Soul"
- Herbert Stewart (1843–1885), British soldier
- Herbert Streicher (1947–2013), also known as Harry Reems, American pornographic actor
- Herbert Stothart (1885–1949), American composer
- Herbert Tabor (1918–2020), American biochemist and physician-scientist
- Herbert Tarr (1929–1993), American Jewish novelist and humorist
- Herbert Tennekoon (1911-1979), Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from 1971-1979
- Herbert Thambiah (1926-1992), 39th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917), English actor and theatre manager
- Herbert Schutz (1937–2018), German-born Canadian philologist
- Herbert J. Valentine (1917–1996), American Marine flying ace, Navy Cross recipient
- Herbert Weerasinghe, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from April 1985 - December 1985
- Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), German politician
- Herbert G. Wells (1866–1946), British writer, best remembered for his science fiction novels
- Herbert Winful (born 1952), Ghanaian-American engineering professor
- Herbert Zangs, (1924–2003), German artist
Fictional characters[]
- Herbert (Disney character)
- Herbert P. Bear, a character from Club Penguin
- Chief Herbert Dumbrowski, fictional character in T.U.F.F. Puppy
- Herbert Garrison, a fictional character in the television series South Park
- Herbert the Pervert, a fictional character in the television series Family Guy
- Herbert West, a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's story "Herbert West: Reanimator" and the films based on it
See also[]
- Herbert (surname)
- Aribert
- Hébert
- Herb (given name)
- Herbart
- Herbert (disambiguation)
- Robert
References[]
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