Meaning of the nameHumberto

Male
Germanic origin
Hum-ber-to

Humberto is a male name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Humbert, from the elements hun- and berht, 'bright'.

Meaning

“from hun-, 'giant' or 'bear cub', and berht, 'bright, illustrious'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Humberto · Behind the Name: Humbert

People (2022): 42,530
Rank in Brazil: #637
Median age: 47 years
2010 Census: 46,222; people

Humberto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Humberto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (8,884 people).

145 women 42,385 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Humberto is most common

States with the highest share of people named Humberto in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Distrito Federal 0.032%
Paraíba 0.031%
Rio de Janeiro 0.028%
Minas Gerais 0.027%
Goiás 0.027%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,739	0.022%
Minas Gerais	5,624	0.027%
Rio de Janeiro	4,466	0.028%
Bahia	3,613	0.026%
Pernambuco	1,953	0.022%
Goiás	1,929	0.027%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,559	0.014%
Ceará	1,394	0.016%
Paraná	1,390	0.012%
Santa Catarina	1,247	0.016%
Paraíba	1,234	0.031%
Pará	1,186	0.015%
Distrito Federal	896	0.032%
Espírito Santo	894	0.023%
Alagoas	775	0.025%
Amazonas	721	0.018%
Maranhão	646	0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte	629	0.019%
Sergipe	519	0.024%
Piauí	498	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	487	0.018%
Mato Grosso	459	0.013%
Tocantins	221	0.015%
Rondônia	170	0.011%
Roraima	109	0.017%
Acre	88	0.011%
Amapá	84	0.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Humberto

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Humberto as Hum- + -berto, of Germanic origin: hun-, 'giant', and berht, 'bright, illustrious'. Behind the Name gives it as the Portuguese and Spanish form of Humbert, with the elements hun, which it glosses as 'bear cub', and beraht, 'bright'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 42,530 people named Humberto, with a median age of 47; proportionally, the name is most common in the Distrito Federal. Umberto is the Italian form of the same name, and the dictionary lists it as a spelling variant of Humberto.

It keeps the silent initial H and is the most recorded spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Humberto

Spelling	People (2022)
Humberto	42,530
Umberto	5,813

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Humberto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Humbert · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Humberto · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Umberto · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Umberto · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Humberto

What does the name Humberto mean?

Humberto means “from hun-, 'giant' or 'bear cub', and berht, 'bright, illustrious'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Humberto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 42,530 people with the first name Humberto, which ranks it number 637 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Humberto a boy's or a girl's name?

Humberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 145 women and 42,385 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Humberto?

Humberto is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Humberto most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.032% of the state's population is named Humberto (896 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Humberto?

Umberto. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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