Huub

Huub is a Dutch masculine given name functioning as a short form of Hubertus, the Latinized form of the Germanic name Hugibert, composed of the elements hug meaning mind or spirit and beraht meaning bright or famous. The name gained wide Christian associations through Saint Hubertus of Liège, an eighth-century bishop venerated as the patron saint of hunters. Huub remains a familiar colloquial form used in the Netherlands and Flanders alongside the full form Hubertus and the related Dutch short form Hub.