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 .