Hugh

English from German

"mind, intellect"

Hugh Origin and Meaning

Variation of Hewett

Hugh Rank in US Top 1000

# 763 in the US

Hugh Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 173 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Hugh

• 763 US 2024
• 173 Nameberry 2025
• 627 Future 2028
• 504 England 2024
• 199 scotland 2022

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Famous People Named Hugh

• Hugh Dillon Canadian singer and actor
• Hugh John Mungo Grant English actor
• Hugh Capet King of the Franks
• Hugh Richard Bonneville (Williams) English actor
• (James) Hugh Calum Laurie English actor and musician
• Hugh Michael Horace Dancy English actor and model
• (Peter) Hugh Dennis English actor/comedian
• Hugh John Lofting English children's novelist
• Hugh Marston Hefner American founder of Playboy
• Hugh Malcolm Downs American TV journalist, on ABC's 20/20
• Hugh Everett III American physicist
• (Eugene) Hugh Beaumont American actor
• Hugh Martin American composer
• Hugh Brown Brown American Mormon leader
• Hugh Ramopolo Masekela South African jazz trumpeter
• Hugh Michael Jackman Australian actor
• Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, English celebrity chef
• Hugh Seymour Walpole New Zealand,English novelist
• Hugh Trumble Australian cricketer
• Hugh de Neville chief forester under Kings Richard I, John, and Henry III of England
• Hugh Duffy American baseball player
• Hugh Doggett Scott Jr., U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
• Hugh Leo Carey U.S. Congressman and 51st Governor of New York
• Hugh Hu (Ge) Chinese actor
• Hugh Howard Rosenberg son of actors Marg Helgenberger and Alan Rosenberg

The name Hugh in Pop Culture

• Hugh of Borg(Third of Five) character on "Star Trek The Next Generation" & on the upcoming series
• Hugh of Harrowfield character in "Daughter Of The Forest" & "Son Of The Shadows" by Juliet Marillier
• Hugh Normous character on "Wizards of Waverley Place"
• Hugh O'Conner character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
• Hugh Stanbury character in "He Knew He Was Right" (1869) by Anthony Trollope
• Hugh Collins character from the tv Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
• Hugh Apiston character from Ransom Riggs' "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"
• Hugh Thanasia character in "Sims" series
• Hugh Culber Medical officer on the USS Discovery on the TV series, Star Trek: Discovery

International Variations of the name Hugh

• Hugo Danish
• Hugón Spanish
• Uguecria Spanish
• Aodg Irish Gaelic
• Hugolino Spanish
• Hugues Spanish
• Huw Welsh
• Ugo Spanish
• Ugolino Spanish
• Huguito Spanish
• Ugone Spanish
• Hugin Spanish