Herbert

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Herbert is a Germanic name meaning “shining army,” “famous army,” or “illustrious warrior,” with Herb and Herbie as short forms. Notable bearers include President Herbert Hoover and Herbert Austin, founder of the Austin Motor Company.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names

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Usage of Herbert in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Herbert against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Herbert is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Herbert in official name statistics

United States

In 2025, 49 boys were named Herbert, making it the #2641 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 228,266 boys have been named Herbert, with the most (8,065) in 1928.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Other countries

Where	Rank	Count	Source
England and Wales	#811 boys	40	Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025
Poland	#581 boys	3	Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2025
Sweden	#834 boys	5	Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), 2025
Belgium (Flanders)	#753 boys (all ages)	563	Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024
Brazil	#945 boys (all ages)	7,292	Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2010
Poland	#306 boys (all ages)	2,503	Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2026
Sweden	#272 boys (all ages)	5,484	Statistics Sweden (SCB), 2020
Switzerland	#219 boys (all ages)	4,019	Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), STATPOP, 2025

Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.

Herbert in other languages

Herberto Portuguese, Spanish
Heriberto Portuguese, Spanish
Bert Dutch
Erberto Italian
Herbertus Latin
Heribert German

Herbert name days

March 20 France
March 16 Sweden

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Storms named Herbert

Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Herbert, newest first.

Storm	Year	Ocean	Peak wind
Tropical storm Herbert	1986	Western Pacific	111 km/h
Tropical storm Herbert	1983	Western Pacific	93 km/h
Tropical storm Herbert	1983	North Indian Ocean	102 km/h
Tropical storm Herbert	1980	Western Pacific	93 km/h

Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.

Towns named Herbert

There are 20 towns and villages with Herbert in their name, in 6 countries.

🇺🇸 United States 13🇨🇦 Canada 3🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1🇲🇼 Malawi 1🇲🇽 Mexico 1🇳🇿 New Zealand 1

Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada · population 770 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Herbert	Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada	770	Map
Herbert	Otago, 🇳🇿 New Zealand	96	Map
Herbert	Central Region, 🇲🇼 Malawi	–	Map
Herbert	Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map
Herbert	Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map
Herbert	Kentucky, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map
Herbert	Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map
Herbert	South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map
Herbert	Texas, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map
Herbert	Illinois, 🇺🇸 United States	–	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Lakes named Herbert

There are 13 lakes and reservoirs with Herbert in their name, in 4 countries.

🇨🇦 Canada 8🇺🇸 United States 3🇦🇺 Australia 1🇳🇿 New Zealand 1

Name	Where
Herbert Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Herbert Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Herbert Lake	Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Herbert Lake	Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Herbert Lake	Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Herbert Pond	Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States	Map
Lac Herbert	Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map
Lake Herbert	Tasmania, 🇦🇺 Australia	Map
Lake Herbert	Wellington Region, 🇳🇿 New Zealand	Map
Herbert Anderson Lake	Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada	Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Herbert songs

15 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Herbert in their title. The best known:

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

Celebrities named Herbert

Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Herbert.

Herbert Blau

Herbert Boyer

Herbert C. Holdridge

Herbert Fröhlich

Fictional characters named Herbert

Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.

Herbert Powell

The Simpsons

Herbert

Family Guy

Herbert West

Re-Animator

Herbert I. "Hi" McDunnough

Raising Arizona

Herbert Thiel

Tatort with Thiel and Boerne

Herbert Truczinski

The Tin Drum

Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.

Herbert as a pet name

FurryName has found 26 dogs named Herbert in public pet registers, making it the #3,136 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (3), Surf Coast Shire (2), Victoria (2). Herbert as a dog name →

Names popular for both babies and dogs

Herbert products

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