Hebert surname meaning

Hebert (French Hébert) is an assimilated form of Herbert, a personal name from ancient Germanic heri or hari, “army,” plus berht, “bright” or “famous.” Norman and French bearers carried Hébert into Canada; it is especially familiar in Acadian and Louisiana lines, where Americanized spellings such as Abair and Abare also appear. A rarer German Hebert is a variant of Heber. Parent’s name is high confidence: the surname is the French shape of a well-documented Germanic given name, not a place or occupation.