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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Victor_Hugo_by_%C3%89tienne_Carjat_1876_-_full.jpg) French Romantic writer Victor Hugo | |
| Pronunciation | English: /ˈhjuːɡoʊ/ HEW-goh French: [yɡo] Spanish: [ˈuɣo] German: [ˈhuːɡoː] Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː] Finnish: [ˈhuɡo] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Spanish, German, 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 Finland: February 3 |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'Mind', 'spirit' |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hugh, 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.
- ^ fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.
- ^ "Kratka imena koja nisu u top 50, a imaju posebno značenje". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ [1] [dead link] Archived October 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine