Hugues (first name)
Hugues is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the French form of Hugo . The female variant is Huguette .
Well-known namesake
- Jean-Hugues Anglade (* 1955), French actor, director and screenwriter
- Hugues d'Arcis (?? - 1266/1269), royal office holder in 13th century France
- Hugues Aubriot (1315 – around 1388), French lawyer and bailiff
- Hugues Aufray (* 1929), French chanson singer
- Hugues Aycelin (around 1230–1297), French theologian and cardinal
- Hugues Bayet (* 1975), Belgian politician
- Hugues Broussard (1934–2019), former French swimmer
- Hugues Capet (940 / 941–996), King of the Franks
- Jean Hugues Chancel (1766–1834), colonel in the French army and commander
- Hugues Cuénod (1902–2010), Swiss opera singer
- Hugues Darmois , French film editor
- Hugues Doneau (1527–1591), French lawyer and humanist
- Hugues-Fleury Donzel (1791-1850), French entomologist
- Hugues Duboscq (* 1981), French swimming athlete
- Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys (1763–1841), captain
- Hugues d'Eu (?? - after 1077), Bishop of Lisieux
- Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (1812–1886), French sculptor
- Hugues de Flavigny (1065 – after 1111), Benedictine monk
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert (* 1991), French tennis player
- Hugues Hiltpold (* 1969), Swiss politician
- Hugues Krafft (1853–1935), French photographer
- Hugues de Lannoy (1384–1456), West Flemish nobleman
- Hugues Lapointe (1911–1982), Canadian politician
- Hugues Laurent (1885–1990), French film architect and short film director
- Hugues Libergier (1229–1263), master builder
- Hugues de Lionne (1611–1671), French diplomat
- Hugues Loubenx de Verdale (1531–1595), Grand Master of the Order of Malta and Cardinal
- Hugues-Bernard Maret (1763–1839), French statesman and publicist
- Hugues Félicité Robert de la Mennais (1782–1854), French priest, philosopher and author of political writings
- Hugues de Montalembert (* 1943), French painter, documentary filmmaker and writer
- Hugues Obry (* 1973), French sword fencer
- Hugues de Pairaud , French Knight Templar, last visitator of the order in France
- Hugues de Payns (around 1070–1136), lord of Montigny-Lagesse and founding member and grand master of the Templar Order
- Hugues Panassié (1912–1974), French jazz author, saxophonist and co-founder of the Hot Club de France
- Hugues Claude Pissarro (* 1935), French painter
- Hugues de Revel (before 1258–1277), English nobleman and Grand Master of the Order of St. John
- Hugues de la Roche (?? - 1398), Marshal of the Papal Court and Rector of the Comtat Venaissin
- Hugues Roger (1293-1363), son of Guillaume I. Rogier and Guillemette de Mestre, brother of Pope Clement VI. and by Guillaume II. Roger, uncle of Pope Gregory XI.
- Hugues II. De Sade , French nobleman
- Hugues de Saint-Pol (before 1122 – around 1157), French nobleman and grand master of the Order of Lazarus
- Hugues de Surgères (?? - 1212), Vice Count of Châtellerault and Crusader
- Hugues Thomas (1803–1855), Swiss politician
- Hugues Vaganay (1870–1936), French librarian, Romance studies and literary scholar
- Hugues Vignix , pseudonym of Henri de Régnier (1864–1936), French writer
- Louis-Hugues Vincent (1872–1960), French Dominican and Biblical archaeologist
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Hugues. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .