Meaning of the nameJoubert

Male
French origin
Jou-bert

Joubert is a masculine name that matches a French surname, and the origin of its use as a given name in Brazil is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,173 people named Joubert, the 7,426th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 42, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Meaning

The meaning of Joubert is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,173
Rank in Brazil: #7,426
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 1,051; people

Joubert in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joubert, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (267 people).

0 women 1,171 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 Joubert is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	347	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	219	0.001%
São Paulo	150	0.000%
Paraná	61	0.001%
Maranhão	54	0.001%
Espírito Santo	52	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	30	0.000%
Pará	26	0.000%
Santa Catarina	26	0.000%
Bahia	25	0.000%
Amazonas	24	0.001%
Pernambuco	23	0.000%
Goiás	22	0.000%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Alagoas	19	0.001%

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

About the name Joubert

In Wiktionary's Afrikaans entry, Joubert is a surname coming from the French surname Joubert. The origin of its use as a given name in Brazil is uncertain, so the meaning is not known with certainty. Brazilian names with the ending -berto, such as Joberto, appear in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) linked to Germanic berth, 'bright, illustrious', but no source links Joubert to this element. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,173 people named Joubert, with a median age of 42. It is almost always male, borne mostly by people born from the 1970s to the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

Wiktionary: Joubert · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Joubert

What does the name Joubert mean?

The meaning of Joubert is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Joubert in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,173 people with the first name Joubert, which ranks it number 7,426 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Joubert is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,171 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Joubert?

Joubert is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Joubert most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.002% of the state's population is named Joubert (347 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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