Uberto

  • [ oo-BER-to ]
  • Italian
Italian form of HUBERT.

HUBERT   male   English, German, Dutch, French, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "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 English cognate Hygebeorht. It died out during the Middle Ages but was revived in the 19th century.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hubert, Hubertus, Hugubert
DUTCH: Hubert, Hubertus, Hubrecht
ENGLISH: Hubert
FRENCH: Hubert
GERMAN: Hubert, Hubertus
LIMBURGISH: Hoebaer
POLISH: Hubert
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Brecht, Huub
LIMBURGISH: Baer, Bèr
FEMININE FORMS
DUTCH: Brechtje