Hugo (name)
Hugo is a surname and male given name of Germanic origin Hugo, meaning "mind".[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).
| Pronunciation | /ˈhjuːɡoʊ/ French: [yɡo] Spanish: [ˈuɣo] German: [ˈhuːɡoː] Dutch: [ˈɦʏˌɣo] Finnish: [ˈhuɡo] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, Finnish |
| Name day | Czech 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 |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Mind, spirit |
| Region of origin | Germania |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hugh, Hugues (given name), Ugo, Hauke, Huw |
Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #9 in Spain,[2] and #8 in Belgium in 2006.[3] April 1 is the name day of Hugo in many European countries.
Notable people
Hugo as a surname
- Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), French diarist
- Chad Hugo (born 1974), American musician and record producer
- Charles Hugo (disambiguation), several people
- Francis Hugo (1870–1930), American politician
- François-Victor Hugo (1828–1873), French writer and translator
- Graeme Hugo (1946–2015), Australian demographer
- Gustav Hugo (1764–1844), German jurist
- Jean Hugo (1894–1984), French painter, illustrator, theatre designer and author
- Jean Hugo (golfer) (born 1975), South African golfer
- Jeanne Hugo (1869–1941), French socialite
- Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo, French general and the father of Victor Hugo
- Julie Hugo (1797–1865), French painter
- Léopoldine Hugo (1824–1843), French socialite
- Ludwig Maria Hugo (1871-1935), German Roman Catholic bishop in Mainz
- Pieter Hugo (born 1970), originally from South Africa but now in the USA with various rugby roles
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer, statesman and human rights activist
- Victor Hugo (cricketer) (1877–1930), Australian cricketer
Hugo as a given name
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter
- Hugo Alves Velame (born 1974), Brazilian footballer
- Hugo Ball (1886-1927), German author, poet, and founder of the Dada movement and the Cabaret Voltaire
- Hugo Black (1886–1971), US Supreme Court Justice
- Hugo Black Jr. (1922-2013), American lawyer
- Hugo Black III (1953-2007), American lawyer
- Hugo Cancio (born 1964), Cuban-born American businessman and political activist
- Hugo Chakrabongse (born 1981), Thai royal family and singer-songwriter
- Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), politician, former President of Venezuela
- Hugo Corro (1953–2007), Argentinian boxer
- Hugo Eckener (1868–1954), German airship commander
- Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885–1948), German fashion designer
- Hugo Fernández Artucio (born c. 1910s), Uruguayan academic and activist
- Hugo Fernández Faingold (fl. c. 2000), Uruguayan politician
- Hugo Gadd (1885–1968), Swedish Army major general
- Hugo Gellert (1892–1985), Hungarian-born artist
- Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), American science-fiction publisher
- Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), Dutch forefather of international law theory
- Hugo Hamilton (born 1953), Irish writer
- Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), German aircraft designer
- Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), Swiss champion cyclist
- Hugo de Lantins (fl. 1420–'30), French-Flemish composer
- Hugo Launicke (1909–1975), German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime
- Hugo Leclercq (1994–present), French record producer and musician
- Hugo Leistner (1902–2002), American hurdler
- Hugo Lloris (1986–present), French goalkeeper, plays for Tottenham and French national team
- Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), Swiss writer
- Hugo Nys (born 1991), French tennis player
- Hugo of Ostia (died 1158), French religious leader
- Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz (1853–1932), Prussian pharmacist
- Hugo Pratt (1927–1995), Italian comic book creator
- Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish rancher and ethnographer
- Hugo Rifkind (born 1977), Scottish journalist
- Hugo Robus (1885-1964), American sculptor
- Hugo Rodallega (born 1985), Colombian footballer
- Hugo Salmela (1884–1918), Finnish military leader of the Red Guards in the 1918 Civil War
- Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 1958), Mexican footballer
- Hugo Schmeisser (1884–1953), German weapons designer
- Hugo Schwyzer, American professor and writer
- Hugo Sofovich (1939–2003), Argentine filmmaker
- Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953), German field marshal
- Hugo van der Goes (1430?-1482) Flemish painter
- Hugo Veloso Oliveira Silva (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Hugo Viana (born 1982), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Hugo Vieira (born 1976), Portuguese footballer
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), Austrian writer
- Hugo Weaving (born 1960), Australian actor
- Hugo White (1939-2014), senior officer of the Royal Navy and subsequently Governor of Gibraltar
- Hugo Young (1938–2003), British journalist
Fictional Hugos
- Hugo DeAngelis, character in television series The Sopranos. Father in law to series protagonist Tony Soprano and father of his wife Carmela
- Hugo Baskerville, character in Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
- Hugo Cabret, protagonist of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and film adaptation Hugo
- Hugo Danner, protagonist in "Gladiator" Philip Wylie's 1930 novel
- Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, a main character in the television show Lost
- Jungledyret Hugo, the main character in a Danish children's movie series and a TV show
- Hugo Granger-Weasley, the son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Hugo Drax, villain in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Moonraker
- Hugo Horton, character in the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley
- Hugo (Street Fighter)
- Hugo (Suikoden III)
- Hugo the Abominable Snowman, a minor enemy of Bugs Bunny, loosely based on the yeti legend
- Hugo Strange, an enemy of Batman
- Hugo, the protagonist from Hugo's House of Horrors, Whodunit?, and Jungle of Doom
- Hugo, a troll character and protagonist from Hugo (franchise)
- Hugo, younger brother of Victor in Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime and 2nd in command of their criminals for hire business.
- Hugo, a gargoyle supporting character from the 1996 Disney animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Hugo Simpson, Bart Simpson's twin brother in The Simpson's Treehouse of Horror VII.
- Hugo, deputy in training supporting character from the 2016 musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting
- Hugo, the main character in the children philosophy animation series "What's the Big Idea?”
- Hugo Rask, one of the two main characters of the Swedish award-winning fiction Wilful Disregard written by Lena Andersson
References
- fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.
- Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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