Hipkiss in my family tree
English, French, and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari army + berht bright, famous. This Old French name, introduced to Britain by the Normans, reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht.
Variants: English: Herbit; Hebbert, Hebard, Hebbard; Harbert, Harberd, Harbard, Harbird, Harbord. French: Hébert, Herbet, Harbert. German: Herbrecht, Herbricht.
Cognate: Low German: Harbert.
Diminutives: English: Hebb, Hipkin; Hercock, Hircock. French: Hébertet, Hébertot, Herbreteau, Herbet, Herbelet, Herbin, Herbelin, Herbot, Herbelot, Harbelot, Harbulot. Low German: Harr, Harre, Harck, Herck, Harich.
Patronymics: English: Herbertson, Harbertson, Harburtson; FitzHerbert. German: Heribertz, Herbertz. Low German: Harbers, Harberding, Harbring.
Patronymics (from diminutives): English: Herbison, Herbinson; Harbison, Harbinson (chiefly N Ireland); Hebson; Hipkins, Hipkiss. Frisian: Harbs.
Herbert is the name of a family originating on the Welsh borders, earlier recorded as Herberd. They are descended from Jenkin ap Adam of Monmouth, recorded in the reign of Edward III (1327-77), and hold the Earldoms of Pembroke, Montgomery, and Carnarvon. A later member of the family, William Herbert (1580-1630), 3rd Earl of Pembroke, gave his name to Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1624. He was a patron of Inigo Jones and Ben Jonson. Also from this family was the metaphysical poet George Herbert (1593-1633). A branch of the family was established in Ireland, descended from Thomas Herbert of Montgomery, a nephew of the first Earl of Pembroke. He settled in Ireland in 1656 and became High Sheriff of Co. Kerry in 1659. A family by the name of Fitzherbert, who hold the title Baron Stafford, trace their descent from William, son of Herbert, who was granted the manor of Norbury, Derbys., in 1125 and was the first to use the surname.
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