Hubert
Latin at root, meaning "bright mind, bright heart". Given only to boys, it still rings familiar across Poland, though each year fewer newborns get it than a decade back.
Hubert Pronunciation
Hubert is pronounced KHOO-bert (/ˈxubɛrt/).
What Hubert means
Where Hubert comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hubert reaches Polish speakers in its Latin dress, Hubertus, the form carved on old church calendars and parish rolls. The name glosses as bright mind, bright heart, a reading that suits a person better than a dictionary line. Short and firm on the tongue.
The best known Hubert is a saint. Hubert of Liège became patron of hunters, and his feast falls on the third of November, still kept in Poland as the imieniny of every man who carries the name. When a teacher reads down the class register on an autumn morning, the Hubert in the room knows his day is close.
So the name arrives twice, once as the Latin Hubertus on the formal page, and once as plain Hubert in the mouth of a friend. The sense stays the same across both: bright mind, bright heart.
How many people are named Hubert
1 in 237 men in Poland is named Hubert. 90,161 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #132 among male names.
Hubert's popularity over time
906 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #74 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Hubert is most popular
Hubert is most popular in Pomeranian, 69% above the national average (1,016 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+47%) and Lesser Poland (+37%). It is least common in Świętokrzyskie and Masovian, 66% and 47% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian1,016 boys born+69%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian655 boys born+47%
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Lesser Poland1,268 boys born+37%
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Podlaskie349 boys born+30%
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Warmian-Masurian370 boys born+26%
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Subcarpathian607 boys born+23%
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Lubusz234 boys born+15%
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Lower Silesian712 boys born+11%
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Lublin413 boys born−1%
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West Pomeranian329 boys born−4%
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Silesian831 boys born−11%
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Łódź418 boys born−19%
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Greater Poland652 boys born−26%
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Opole124 boys born−34%
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Masovian763 boys born−47%
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Świętokrzyskie76 boys born−66%
Hubert as a middle name
Hubert is a first name for 90,161 men in Poland and a middle name for another 23,737, a 79/21 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 83rd, between Bolesław (24,574) and Zenon (23,662).
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81
24,968Wacław
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82
24,574Bolesław
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8323,737Hubert
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84
23,662Zenon
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85
23,016Ignacy
When Hubert celebrates name day
Hubert appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 3 November.