German, Dutch, and French: from a Germanic personal name composed
of the elements hun ‘Hun’, ‘giant’ or hun ‘bear cub’
+ berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This was particularly popular in
the Netherlands and North Germany during the Middle Ages as a result
of the fame of a 7th-century St. Humbert, who founded the abbey of
Marolles in Flanders.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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