HERBERT

(origin: Sax.) From Here, a soldier, and beorht, bright--an expert soldier, or the glory of an army; famous in war.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

HERBERT. An ancient personal name. The noble Herberts descend from Herbert, Count of Yermandois, who came hither with the Conqueror, and was chamberlain to William Rufus. B.L.G. Collins says : " the genealogists deduce the family from Herbert, a natural son of King Henry I., but I think it more evident that Henry Fitz-Herbert, chamberlain to the said king, was ancestor to all of the name of Herbert."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.