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Hugo
French Romantic writer Victor Hugo
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈhjuːɡoʊ/ HEW-goh
French: [yɡo]
Spanish: [ˈuɣo]
German: [ˈhuːɡoː]
Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː]
Finnish: [ˈhuɡo]
GenderMale
Language(s)Spanish, 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. 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 the old Germanic *hugu, meaning 'sense, mind, thought', and *huggen, meaning 'to think'. In other words, Hugo means thinker or clever.

Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #8 in Belgium in 2006. April 1 is the name day of Hugo in many European countries.

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References

  1. fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.
  2. "Kratka imena koja nisu u top 50, a imaju posebno značenje". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  3. Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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