Hugues
^((h aspiré))\yɡ\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name, first recorded around Vers 1170.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| First recorded | Vers 1170 |
| Pronunciation | ^((h aspiré))\yɡ\ |
| Also spelled | Hugo, Ugo |
| Compound names | Jean-Hugues |
Origin and meaning
From Old French Huges, nominative singular of Hugon, from a Frankish name *hugi (“heart, mind”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, understanding”). Compare Old High German Hugi and hugu "soul, mind, thought.".
Where it is mostly given
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Switzerland
- Portugal
- Spain
- Netherlands
- East Frisia
- Germany
- Austria
- Italy
- Malta
Around the world
- GermanHugo
- EnglishHugh, Hugo, Hughes
- CatalanHug
- DanishHugo
- SpanishHugo
- FinnishHuugo
- IrishAodh
- WelshHuw
- GreekΟύγος
- HungarianHugó
- ItalianUgo
- LatinHugo
- LatvianUģis
- NorwegianHugo
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Roptat (Normandie (France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).