Herbert (given name)

Herbert is a Germanic given name, from harja- "army", "warrior" or "noble, sublime", and beraht "bright" or "shining" (compare Robert). See also Heribert and Aribert, other given names with the same roots.

Herbert

Gender	Male
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 (1888–1942), 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 Chabot (1931–2022), judge of the United States Tax Court
• Herbert Clemens (born 1939), American mathematician
• Herbert Cohen (born 1940), American Olympic fencer
• Herbert Croly (1869–1930), American writer
• Herbert Cukurs (1900–1965), 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 (1927–2022), Austrian writer
• Herbert Gelernter (1930–2015), American scientist
• Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and translator
• Herbert Gold (1924–2023), American novelist
• Herbert Gould (1891–1918),
• Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956), German actor and musician
• Herbert Gross (1929–2020), American mathematician
• Herbert Hagen (1913–1999), 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, engineer, humanitarian and one of the principal commanders of United States occupation of Haiti
• Herbert Hoover Jr. (1903–1969), American engineer, businessman, and politician, eldest son of the 31st U.S. president
• 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 Eric Jansz (1890-1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant
• 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 Kohler Jr. (1939–2022), American businessman
• 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 (1947–2022), American serial killer and mass murderer
• Herbert "Bert" Pitman (1877–1961), English Merchant Navy sailor, who was the Third Principal Commanding Officer of 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 Salzman (1916–1990), American businessman and US Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• 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 to 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 to December 1985
• Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), German politician
• Herbert Weiz (1924–2023), East 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
• Herbert Birdsfoot, a fictional Muppet character in the television series Sesame Street
• 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
• Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury, a fictional character in the movie Richie Rich

See also

• Herbert (surname)
• Aribert
• Hébert
• Herb (given name)
• Herbart
• Herbert (disambiguation)
• Hubert (disambiguation)
• Robert