Hugh

English Etymology From the en fro - aristocratic and saint's name fro Hughe, brought to England by Normans, from a short form of en gem - names beginning with en gem-pro *hugiz heart, mind, such as Hubert. Cognate with ang hyge hyġe mind, spirit, intellect. More at high, how. Pronunciation en /hjuː/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hugh.wav Southern England en hew hue Hiw en uː 1 Proper noun en male Germanic languages. II ii 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. en 1600 Thomas Dekker The Shoemaker's Holiday 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. en 1894 W. H. Miller; J. Mcaulauy; W. Stevens The Leisure Hour 651 Richard Jones "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!". en 1996 w:Ian Rankin Let It Bleed 68 Thorndike Press 2000 0786226773 Hugh McAnally was universally known as "Wee Shug". He didn't know why people called Hugh always ended up nicknamed Shug. en 2011 Hughie Boy Levoy Chicago Kid Xlibris Corporation 1462853404 151 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. en Bernd Debusmann Jr Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison - could it happen? w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5d9yzr7wo 2025-07-17 "To be frank, at first I thought it was a joke," Hugh Hurwitz, who served as acting director of the BOP between May 2018 and August 2019, told the BBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20260924085618/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5d9yzr7wo 24 September 2026 en rare _ compared to given name en patronymics. Usage notes Has been used as a transliteration of gd Aodh, and of other Gaelic names, in Scotland and Ireland. Popular given name in medieval England, partly due to the fame of Saint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln. In quiet use today, more common in the U.K. and Ireland than in the U.S.A. Derived terms en Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome Hughligan Related terms pet forms: Huey, Hughie variant: Hugo en surnames Bew Bewes Fitchew Fitchie Fitzhugh Hew Hewat Hewes Hewetson Hewett Hewison Hewitson Hewitt Hewkin Hewlett Hews Hewson Hookins Hooson Houchen Houston How Howat Howatson Howchin Howe Howes Howett Howey Howie Howieson Howitt Howkins Howlett Howlin Howling Howse Howson Huckin Hudd Huddle Huddy Hudson Huelin Huet Huetson Huett Huggett Huggins Huggon Hughes Hugo Hughson Huitson Huitt Hukin Hukins Hulance Hulett Hulin Hull Hullett Hulls Hulson Hutcheon Hutcherson Hutcheson Hutchin Hutchings Hutchins Hutchinson Hutchison Hutson Huws Pew Pow Powe Pugh Pughe Pye Translations male given name Armenian: hy Հուգո Bengali: bn হিউ Bulgarian: bg Хю m Catalan: ca Hug Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 休 Xiū Czech: cs Hugo Danish: da Hugo Esperanto: eo Hugo Finnish: fi Huugo French: fr Hugues Galician: gl Hugo m Georgian: ka ჰიუ, ka ჰიუგო German: de Hugo Greek: el Ούγος m Hungarian: hu Hugó Irish: ga Aodh Italian: it Ugo Latin: la Hugo m Latvian: lv Uģis m Manx: gv Eashdyn m Norwegian: no Hugo Occitan: oc Uc m, oc Ugues m Persian: fa هوگو hogo Polish: pl Hugo m, pl Hugon m Portuguese: pt Hugo Russian: ru Хью m, ru Гуго m Spanish: es Hugo Swedish: sv Hugo Welsh: cy Huw See also en Shug Scots Pronunciation sco /çjuː/ Proper noun sco male Hugh Derived terms sco diminutive Hughie, Shug, Shuggie, Hyug, Hughock sco 1-syllable words