as a Last Name
- 24,195
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Herbert
Meaning & Origins
German, Dutch, English, and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. In Britain, this Old French name, introduced by the Normans, reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht. The surname was taken to Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion and in the 16th century.
| 1,257th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,195
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maryland
- has the most people named Herbert per capita
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