"Hugh" meaning in English

See Hugh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /hjuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hugh.wav
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From the Old French aristocratic and saint's name Hughe, brought to England by Normans, from a short form of Germanic names beginning with Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“heart, mind”), such as Hubert. Cognate with Old English hyġe (“mind, spirit, intellect”). More at high, how. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|gem-pro|*hugiz||heart, mind}} Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“heart, mind”), {{cog|ang|hyge|hyġe|mind, spirit, intellect}} Old English hyġe (“mind, spirit, intellect”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hugh
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Related terms (pet forms): Huey, Hughie Translations (male given name): Հուգո (english: Hugo) (Armenian), হিউ (hiu) (Bengali), Hug (Catalan), (xiū) (Chinese Mandarin), Hugo (Czech), Hugo (Danish), Hugo (Esperanto), Huugo (Finnish), Hugues (French), Hugo [masculine] (Galician), ჰიუ (hiu) (Georgian), ჰიუგო (hiugo) (Georgian), Hugo (German), Ούγος (Oúgos) [masculine] (Greek), Hugó (Hungarian), Aodh (Irish), Ugo (Italian), Hugo [masculine] (Latin), Uģis [masculine] (Latvian), Eashdyn [masculine] (Manx), Hugo (Norwegian), Uc [masculine] (Occitan), Ugues [masculine] (Occitan), هوگو (hogo) (Persian), Hugo [masculine] (Polish), Hugon [masculine] (Polish), Hugo (Portuguese), Хью (Xʹju) [masculine] (Russian), Гуго (Gugo) [masculine] (Russian), Hugo (Spanish), Hugo (Swedish), Huw (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Hugh-en-name-esvibhbL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Old English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'pet forms': 56 44 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 95 5
  2. (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Hugh-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Georgian translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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      "word": "Houston"
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      "word": "Howse"
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      "word": "Howson"
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    {
      "word": "Huckin"
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      "word": "Hudd"
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    {
      "word": "Huddle"
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      "word": "Huddy"
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    {
      "word": "Hudson"
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    },
    {
      "word": "Huet"
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    },
    {
      "word": "Huett"
    },
    {
      "word": "Huggett"
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      "word": "Huggins"
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      "word": "Huggon"
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      "word": "Hughes"
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      "word": "Hughson"
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      "word": "Hugo"
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      "word": "Huitson"
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      "word": "Huitt"
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    {
      "word": "Hukin"
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      "word": "Hukins"
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      "word": "Hulance"
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      "word": "Hulett"
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      "word": "Hulin"
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      "word": "Hull"
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      "word": "Hullett"
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      "word": "Hulson"
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      "word": "Hutcheon"
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      "word": "Hutcherson"
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      "word": "Hutcheson"
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      "word": "Hutchin"
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      "word": "Hutchings"
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      "word": "Hutchins"
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      "word": "Hutchinson"
    },
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      "word": "Hutchison"
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      "word": "Hutson"
    },
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      "word": "Huws"
    },
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      "word": "Pew"
    },
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      "word": "Pow"
    },
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      "word": "Powe"
    },
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      "word": "Pugh"
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      "word": "Pughe"
    },
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      "word": "Pye"
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      "word": "Shug"
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          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1600, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday:",
          "text": "Cold's the wind, and wet's the rain, / Saint Hugh be our good speed. / Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain, / Nor helps good hearts in need.",
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          "ref": "1894, W. H. Miller, J. Mcaulauy, W. Stevens, The Leisure Hour, Richard Jones, page 651:",
          "text": "\"You are engaged to Mr. Harden, I suppose?\" \"Yes, Mr. Harden. I call him Hugh, his second name. I like the name of Hugh. The exquisite long vowel pleases me―Hugh! Hugh!\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1996, Ian Rankin, Let It Bleed, Thorndike Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 68:",
          "text": "Hugh McAnally was universally known as \"Wee Shug\". He didn't know why people called Hugh always ended up nicknamed Shug.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Hughie Boy Levoy, Chicago Kid, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 151:",
          "text": "What I had noticed all of my young life, from as early as five years old, was that very few people outside my family knew how to pronounce my name―or spell it. \"Hue, Hug, Huge, Huh, Hugo. Everything but my name, HUGH!\" - - - I grew up thinking that I was the only Hugh in the world, and all my life I'll be meeting people who will have trouble pronouncing my name.",
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      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Hugo",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Հուգո"
    },
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "hiu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "হিউ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hug"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiū",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "休"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Huugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugues"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hiu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ჰიუ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "hiugo",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ჰიუგო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Oúgos",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ούγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Aodh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Ugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Uģis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Eashdyn"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Uc"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Ugues"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hogo",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "هوگو"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hugo"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hugon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Xʹju",
      "sense": "male given name",
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      "word": "Хью"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gugo",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Гуго"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Hugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Huw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hugh"
}

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