Huub

Huub is a Dutch masculine 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 shining. The name gained wide popularity in the Netherlands partly through veneration of Saint Hubertus of Liège, an eighth-century bishop regarded as the patron of hunters. Huub remains a distinctly Dutch familiar form, while the fuller international variants include Hubert, Hubertus, and the French Hubert.