Updated January 24, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Bright soul

Boy name variations

Hew

Hew

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Huey

Huey

- 16% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Hughie

Hughie

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Hughes

Hughes

+ 35% this year
Masculine
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Huet

Huet

0 % this year
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Hugi

Hugi

0 % this year
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Hugo

Hugo

+ 12% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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Ugo

Ugo

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How Popular Is The Name Hugh

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old French personal name Hu(gh)e, introduced to Britain by the Normans. This is in origin a short form of any of the various Germanic compound names with the first element hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’. Compare, for example, Howard 1, Hubble, and Hubert. It was a popular personal name among the Normans in England, partly due to the fame of St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140–1200), who was born in Burgundy and who established the first Carthusian monastery in England.
  • In Ireland and Scotland this name has been widely used as an equivalent of Celtic Aodh ‘fire’, the source of many Irish surnames (see for example McCoy).

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