Humbert

Humbert, Umbert or Humberto (Latinized Humbertus) is a Germanic given name, from hun "warrior" and beraht "bright". It also came into use as a surname.

File:Ritratto di Umberto I.jpg Humbert I of Italy
Pronunciation	/ˈhʌmbərt/
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"warrior-bright"
Region of origin	Germanic countries
Other names
Related names	Umberto

Given name

Royalty and Middle Ages

• Emebert (died 710)
• Humbert of Maroilles (before 652 – 680)
• Humbert (bishop of Würzburg) (died 842)
• Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980 – 1047 or 1048)
• Humbert II, Count of Savoy (1065–1103)
• Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1135–1189)
• Humbert, bastard of Savoy (c.1318–1374), soldier
• Humbert V de Beaujeu (1198–1250)
• Humbert I of Viennois (1240–1307), Dauphin of the Viennois
• Humbert II of Viennois (1312–1355), Dauphin of the Viennois
• Humbert I of Italy (1844–1900)
• Humbert II of Italy (1904–1983)
• Humbert of Silva Candida (1015–1061), Roman Catholic cardinal and Benedictine oblate
• Humbert of Romans (died 1277), master general of the Dominicans

Others

• Humbert Achamer-Pifrader, Austrian jurist, member of the SS of Nazi Germany and commander of Einsatzgruppe A, one of the major perpetrators of the Holocaust
• Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and politician, President of Brazil and the first President of the Brazilian military dictatorship
• Humberto Delgado, General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat and politician
• Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader and published writer, Minister of Defense of Nicaragua, one of the principal commanders of Sandinista revolution
• Humbert Roque Versace, United States Army officer

Surname

• Agnès Humbert (1894–1963), French art historian and member of the French Resistance during World War II, daughter of Charles Humbert
• Albert Jenkins Humbert (1822–1877), British architect
• Charles Humbert (1866–1927), French politician and newspaper proprietor, father of Agnès Humbert
• Christophe Humbert (born 1979), French judoka
• Gustav Humbert (born 1950), German CEO
• Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), French botanist
• Jean Humbert (painter) (1734–1749), Dutch painter
• Jean Emile Humbert (1771–1839), Dutch military engineer who rediscovered ancient Carthage
• Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (1755–1823), French general
• Manon Humbert (born 1989), French curler
• Marie Humbert, Ghanaian actress
• Marie Georges Humbert (1859–1921), mathematician
  • Humbert surface
• Pierre Humbert (architect) (1848–????)
• Pierre Humbert (mathematician) (1891–1953), for whom are named:
  • Humbert polynomials
  • Humbert series
• Nicole Humbert (née Rieger) (born 1972), German pole vaulter
• Thérèse Humbert (1856–1918), French female fraudster
• Ugo Humbert (born 1998), French tennis player

Companies

• Humbert Aviation, a French aircraft manufacturer

Fictional characters

• Humbert Humbert, narrator of the novel Lolita
• Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, an animated cat creation from Whisper of the Heart (film) and The Cat Returns
• Puff Puff Humbert, frontman of the virtual band Your Favorite Martian.
• Graham Humbert, character Once Upon a Time (TV Series)

See also

• Humbert, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in France
• Humberht (disambiguation)
• Umberto, an Italian masculine given name
• Humberto, a Portuguese and Spanish masculine given name