Hugh

Hugh / juː / is a given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is an English given name of French descent: Hugues (also old French Hue), with the Picardic spelling -gh- for -gu- in general French. This in turn is of Germanic origin and related to the German first name Hugo . The meaning of the name is "mind", "thinking mind".

In addition, Hugh is also used to Anglicize the Irish name Aodh , although it is not etymologically related to this.

Name bearer

Historic time

Hugh of Montgomery , Earl of Shrewsbury († 1098)
Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester († 1101)
Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk , Earl of Norfolk (1095–1177)
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (1147–1181)
Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster (1176-1242)
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser (1223-1265)
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (1261-1326)

First name

WH (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907–1973), British writer since 1946 American
Hugh Blair (1718–1800), Scottish clergyman, writer and rhetorician
Hugh Charles Clifford (1866–1941), British colonial governor
Hugh Dancy (born 1975), British actor
Hugh Welch Diamond (1809–1886), British psychiatrist and photographer
Hugh Flack (1903-1986), Northern Irish football player
Hugh Garner (1913–1979), Canadian writer
Hugh Grant (born 1960), British actor
Hugh Hefner (1926–2017), American publisher of "Playboy"
Hugh Hopper (1945–2009), British bassist and composer
Hugh Jackman (born 1968), Australian actor
Hugh Laurie (born 1959), British actor
Hugh Leonard (1926–2009), Irish playwright and journalist
Hugh Masekela (1939–2018), South African musician
Hugh McElhenny (born 1928), American football player
Hugh Palliser (1722–1796), British officer in the Royal Navy
Hugh Thomas (1931–2017), British historian and writer
Brian Hugh Warner ( Marilyn Manson; * 1969), American singer and band founder

family name

Daniel Hugh Kelly (born 1952), American film actor

Others

Hugh is a spelling of the exclamation Howgh, which is considered typical of Indians .