Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanicelementshug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright". Saint Hubert was an 8th-century bishop of Maastricht who is considered the patron saint of hunters. The Normans brought the name to England, where it replaced an Old EnglishcognateHygebeorht. It died out during the Middle Ages but was revived in the 19th century.