Hugo

See also: Hugó

English

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuɡoʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːɡəʊ

Proper noun

Hugo

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
   • 1986 Kitty Burns Florey: Real Life. Morrow 1986. →ISBN page 34:

     He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, Hugo? Or are you a Russian spy?"

2. A French surname from French
3. A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.

Derived terms

• Hugoton

Translations

male given name — see Hugh

a French surname

• Armenian: Հյուգո (Hyugo)
• French: Hugo (fr) m or f
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• Russian: Гюго́ m or f (Gjugó)

Noun

Hugo (plural Hugos)

1. A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.

Anagrams

• ough

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Czech

Proper noun

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

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Danish

Proper noun

Hugo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

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French

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /y.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Hugo ?

1. a male given name, a Latinized form of Hugues.
2. a surname

   Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist

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German

Proper noun

Hugo m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hugos)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Hugo

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɡu/

Proper noun

Hugo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

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Slovak

Etymology

From French Hugo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦuɡɔ/

Proper noun

Hugo m (genitive singular Huga, nominative plural Hugovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Declension

Declension of Hugo

	singular	plural
nominative	Hugo	Hugovia
genitive	Huga	Hugov
dative	Hugovi	Hugom
accusative	Huga	Hugov
locative	Hugovi	Hugoch
instrumental	Hugom	Hugami

Further reading

• “Hugo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Proper noun

Hugo m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

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Swedish

Proper noun

Hugo c (genitive Hugos)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo