Hugo Name Meaning & Origin
Hugo
Origin of the name Hugo:
From the Old French Hue, which is from the Old High German Hugo, a derivative of hugu (heart, mind, spirit).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- Nicknames for Hugo
Hugh, Hue, Huey, Hughie, Huggie, Hugo Bug, Hugabug, Gogo
- Meanings and history of the name Hugo
- Famous real-life people named Hugo
Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh(ua) Dallas’s second son is named Hugo Wilson. He was born in 2016
Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher, called the Father of Science Fiction and after whom an award honoring authors in that genre is named.
Hugo Weaving, Australian actor (Lord of the Rings, V for Vendetta)
Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela
Hugo Boss, menswear designer
Hugo van Lawick, wildlife photographer and former husband of Dr. Jane Goodall
Victor Hugo, French novelist, wrote Les Miserables and Notre Dame de Paris
Jean Hugo, French artist
Hugo Leclercq, French electropop producer
Hugo Bernard Tambor (b. 2009), son of American actor, voice artist, and comedian Jeffrey Tambor- Hugo in song, story & screen
Hugo Reyes, character on the TV series "Lost"
Hugo Weasley, son of Ronald "Ron" Weasley and Hermione Weasley (née Granger) in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series.
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret," novel by Brian Selznick
"Hugo," Martin Scorsese film based on Brian Selznick's novel, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"
Hugo Peabody, character in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie"
Hugo Marston, sleuth in Mark Pryor's mystery series
In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. East Coast; the storm caused around $10 billion in damage