Hugo (name)

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Hugo
File:Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full.jpg
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈhjuːɡ/ HEW-goh
French: [yɡo] Audio file "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Hugo.wav" not found
Spanish: [ˈuɣo]
German: [ˈhuːɡoː] Audio file "de-Hugo.ogg" not found
Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː] Audio file "nl-Hugo.ogg" not found
Finnish: [ˈhuɡo]
GenderMale
LanguageSpanish, German, Portuguese, French, English, Finnish
Name dayCzech Republic: April 1
Germany: April 29
Estonia: February 3
Croatia: April 29, October 8 & November 26
Latvia: November 17
Poland: April 1, April 29 & November 17
Slovakia: April 1
Sweden: November 3 Finland: February 3
Origin
Meaning'Mind', 'spirit'
Other names
Related namesHugh, Hugues, Ugo, Hauke, Huw

Hugo is a surname and a masculine given name of German origin.[1] The English version of the name is Hugh, the Italian version is Ugo. For detailed history and etymology of the name, see Hugh (given name).

The name Hugo is actually a short form of old names like Hugbert and Hugbald. The name is derived from Old High German hugu, meaning 'sense, mind, thought', and hugōn, meaning 'to think'. In other words, Hugo means thinker or clever.[2]

Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #8 in Belgium in 2006.[3][citation needed]

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  1. ^ fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ [1] Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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