Hugo (name)

Hugo
Pronunciation	/ˈhjuːɡoʊ/; French: [yɡo]; Spanish: [ˈuɣo]; German: [ˈhuːɡoː]; Finnish: [ɦuɡo]
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 a surname and male given name of Germanic origin Hugo, meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit" or "intelligence".^[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).

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

Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer, statesman and human rights activist
Chad Hugo (born 1974), American musician and record producer
Charles Hugo (disambiguation), several people
Francis Hugo (1870–1930), American politician
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

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 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 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 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 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, 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 VIII.

References

^ fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.
^ [1] Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ [2] Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] r:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.

[2] [1] Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[3] [2] Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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