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Hugo (name)

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Hugo
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈhjuːɡ/ 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.[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).

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.[2]

Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #8 in Belgium in 2006.[3][citation needed] April 1 is the name day of Hugo in many European countries.

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  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. ^ [1] [dead link] Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine