Herbert

Etymology
From heri "army" + berht "bright".

Proper noun

 * 1) . In modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
 * 2) *1989 David Leavitt: Equal Affections. ISBN 0-670-821977 page 215:
 * Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?
 * 1) *~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III:
 * And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me.
 * And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me.

Related terms

 * diminutives: Herb, Herbie, Bert.

Translations

 * Czech: Herbert
 * German:
 * Italian: Eriberto


 * Latvian:
 * Swedish: Herbert

Proper noun

 * , cognate to English Herbert.

Etymology
From heri: + beraht:. A saint's name, bone by a medieval bishop of Cologne.

Proper noun

 * , cognate to English Herbert.

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