Huib as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Huib

What is the meaning of the name Huib ?

The baby name Huib is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ɦœyb/ (Dutch); approx. "hoyb" — Dutch 'ui' has no exact English equivalent.

Huib is Dutch in Origin.

Huib is a Dutch short form of Hubert/Huibert, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic elements hugiz “mind, heart, spirit” and berhtaz “bright, famous,” yielding the sense “bright mind” or “famous for intellect.” It occurs as a stand-alone given name in the Netherlands and Flanders, and also as a pet form of Huibert, Huybert, Hubrecht, and the Latinized Hubertus. Common related forms include Huub and Hub; cognates across Europe are Hubert (German, French, Polish), Uberto (Italian), and Hubertus (ecclesiastical Latin).

Use of Huib traces to the medieval Low Countries, where veneration of Saint Hubert of Liège encouraged the wider family of names. The call-name saw steady regional use through the 19th and mid-20th centuries, later declining as traditional nicknames gave way to full forms and international choices. Today Huib reads warm and succinct, with a distinctly Dutch character and an old-world, hunter-saint pedigree.