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First name origin & meaning:

German: Bright soul

First name variations: Hew, Huey, Hughie, Huet, Hugi, Hugo, Ugo, Hugh

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English (also common in Wales): patronymic from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Hugh.
  2. Welsh: variant of Howells.
  3. Irish and Scottish: variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McCoy).

This name appears in the following lists: Black History/Civil Rights Leaders

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