Hubbard is an English surname. The name is a variant of the surnames Hobart, Hubbert, and Hubert.[1][2] These surnames are derived from personal names, such as the Old German Hugibert and Hubert,[2] which are composed of the elements hug ("heart", "mind", "spirit") and berht ("bright", "famous").[1][2] Early forms of the surname include filius Huberti (in 1066), Hubert (in 1199), Huberd and Hubert (in 1230), and Hoberd (in 1291).[2]
People with the surname
edit- Al Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alfred Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alice Moore Hubbard (1861–1915), American feminist
- Allan Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Archie Hubbard (1883–1967), English footballer
- Arthur Hubbard (1911–1972), English footballer
- Arthur J. Hubbard Sr. (1912–2014), American senator and Navajo code talker
- Asahel W. Hubbard (1819–1879), American politician
- Barbara Burke Hubbard (born 1948), American science writer
- Barbara Marx Hubbard (1929–2019), American writer
- Bela Hubbard (1814–1896), American geologist, surveyor
- Bernard R. Hubbard (1888–1962), American explorer, lecturer and priest
- Bertha Crawford Hubbard (1861–1935), American artist
- Bruce Hubbard (1952–1991), American singer
- Cal Hubbard (1900–1977), American professional football player and Major League Baseball umpire
- Carroll Hubbard (1937–2022), American politician
- Charles Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Chester D. Hubbard (1814–1891), American politician
- Chris Hubbard (born 1991), American football player
- Chuba Hubbard (born 1999), Canadian-born American football player
- Cliff Hubbard (1911–1962), English footballer
- Conrad Hubbard, role-playing game writer, poet and professional web designer
- Cora Hubbard (1887–19??), American bank robber
- David Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dean L. Hubbard (born 1939), American educator
- DeHart Hubbard (1903–1976), American athlete
- Demas Hubbard Jr. (1806–1873), American politician
- Diana Hubbard (born 1952), American musician
- Dick Hubbard (born 1946), New Zealand businessman and politician
- Dominic Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington (born 1963), British politician
- Eddie Hubbard (1917–2007), American disc jockey
- Edward Hubbard (1937–1989), English architectural historian
- Edward L. Hubbard (born 1938), American air force officer
- Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington (1842–1915), British politician
- Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915), American philosopher and writer
- Elbert H. Hubbard (1849–1912), American politician
- Elizabeth Hubbard (1933–2023), American actress
- Elizabeth Hubbard (Salem witch trials) (1675-?), accuser in Salem witchcraft trials
- Elizabeth Wright Hubbard (1896–1967), American physician
- Erica Hubbard (born 1979), American actress
- Esme Hubbard (1880–1951), British actor
- Evelyn Hubbard (1852–1934), British politician
- Frank Hubbard (1920–1976), American harpsichord maker
- Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008), American jazz trumpeter
- Freeman H. Hubbard (1894–1981), American writer
- Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822–1897), the founder and first president of the National Geographic Society
- Geoffrey Hubbard (1923–1998), British educator
- George Hubbard (1867–1931), English rugby union player
- Glenn Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard (1802–1886), American fur trader, insurance underwriter and land speculator
- Harlan Hubbard (1900–1988), Kentucky writer and artist
- Harold Hubbard (1883–1953), English bishop
- Harry Hubbard (1903–1942), American naval officer
- Henry Hubbard (1784–1857), American politician
- Henry D. Hubbard (1870–1943), American standards officer, creator of a 1920s Periodic Table.
- Henry Guernsey Hubbard (1850–1899), American scientist
- Henry Vincent Hubbard (1875–1945), American landscape architect
- Homer C. Hubbard (1885–1955), American football coach
- Howard James Hubbard (1938–2023), U.S. Catholic bishop
- Jack Hubbard (1886–1978), American football player
- Jaime Hubbard (born 1962), American actress
- James Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeff Hubbard, American bodyboarder
- Jeremy Hubbard (born 1972), American news anchor
- Jerry Reed Hubbard (1937–2008), American musician
- Jesse Hubbard (born 1975), American lacrosse player
- Joe Hubbard, Alabama politician
- Joel Douglas Hubbard (1860–1919), American politician
- John Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnny Hubbard (1930–2018), South African footballer
- Jon Hubbard (born 1946), American politician
- Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (1768–1849), American politician
- Jordan Hubbard (born 1963), co-founder of the FreeBSD operating system project
- Joseph Stillman Hubbard (1823–1863), American astronomer
- Julian Hubbard (born 1955), British clergyman
- Kenneth Hubbard (1920–2004), British pilot
- Kin Hubbard (1868–1930), American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), American writer and creator of Scientology
- Lafayette Ron Hubbard Jr., known as Ronald DeWolf (1934–1991), son and critic of L. Ron Hubbard
- Laurel Hubbard (born 1978), New Zealand weightlifter
- Lawrence Hubbard, American artist
- Leigh Hubbard, Australian union official
- Leonard Hubbard, American musician
- Leonidas Hubbard (1872–1903), American journalist and adventurer
- Levi Hubbard (1762–1836), American politician
- Louisa Hubbard (1836–1906), English feminist
- Lucien Hubbard (1888–1971), Producer and screenwriter
- Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836–1913), American politician
- Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (1857–1923), wife of Alexander Graham Bell
- Marian E. Hubbard (1868–1956), American zoologist
- Marv Hubbard (1946–2015), American football player
- Mary Sue Hubbard (1931–2002), wife of L. Ron Hubbard
- Matt Hubbard, American writer
- Matt Hubbard (musician) (born 1970), American musician
- Mike Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nancy Hubbard (born 1963), American author and professor of business and management
- Neil Hubbard (born 1948), British guitarist
- Neilson Hubbard (born 1972), American musician
- Nicholas L. Hubbard (1895–1983), American farmer, businessman, and politician
- Old Mother Hubbard (criminal) (1828-1???), Irish-American criminal
- Orville L. Hubbard (1903–1982), American politician
- P. M. Hubbard (Philip Maitland Hubbard, 1910–1980), British writer
- Paul Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Phil Hubbard (born 1956), American basketball player
- Phil Hubbard (footballer) (born 1949), English footballer
- Philip Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Polly Hubbard (1907–1963), First wife of L. Ron Hubbard
- Quentin Hubbard (1954–1976), son of L. Ron Hubbard
- Ray Wylie Hubbard (born 1946), American country music singer
- Raymond Hubbard, 4th Baron Addington (1884–1971), British peer
- Richard Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Richie Hubbard (1932–2011), Canadian politician
- Rob Hubbard (born 1955), British composer
- Rudy Hubbard (born 1946), American football coach
- Ruth Hubbard (1924–2016), American biologist
- Sam Hubbard (born 1996), American football player
- Samuel Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sara Hubbard (1924–1997), Second wife of L. Ron Hubbard
- Shirley Hubbard (1885–1962), English footballer
- Stanley Hubbard (born 1933), American billionaire heir and businessman
- Stephen Hubbard (born 1951/1952), American, taught English in Ukraine, since 2022 in jail in Russia
- Susan Hubbard, American writer
- Susan S. Hubbard, American geophysicist
- Theodora Kimball Hubbard (1877–1935), American librarian
- Thomas Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tom Hubbard (born 1950), Scottish poet
- Trenidad Hubbard (born 1966), former Major League Baseball outfielder
- Tyler Hubbard (born 1987), American musician
- Vic Hubbard (born 1956), English darts player
- Vikki Hubbard (born 1989), English athlete
- Wesley James Hubbard, American musician
- Will Hubbard (1895–1969), British WWI flying ace
- William Hubbard (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
edit- Miss Rebecca Hubbard, a character in the British TV series Postman Pat
- The protagonist in the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard"
See also
edit- Hubbard (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Hubbard"
References
edit- ^ a b Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 2 December 2011. For the surnames Hubbard and Hubert, this webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ^ a b c d Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 241, ISBN 0-19-863146-4.