Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name Hugues, itself the Old French variant of Hugo, a short form of Continental Germanic given names beginning in the element * hug- "mind, spirit" (Old English hyġe).
HUGH definition: a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “heart, mind.” See examples of Hugh used in a sentence.
Hugh Francis McNamara, Jr., age 88, died peacefully on , surrounded by family after a brief illness. Hugh was born on , in Kansas City, Missouri. He wa...
From the Germanic name Hugo, derived from Old Frankish hugi or Old High German hugu meaning "mind, thought, spirit" (Proto-Germanic * hugiz). It was common among Frankish and French nobility, being borne by Hugh Capet, a 10th-century king of France who founded the Capetian dynasty.
Hugh in American English (hjuː, juː) noun a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “ heart, mind ”
Popular given name in medieval England, partly due to the fame of Saint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln. In quiet use today, more common in the U.K. and Ireland than in the U.S.A.
Definition of Hugh in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When Robert died in 9 23, he was succeeded by his brother-in-law, Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, and not by his son Hugh, who is known in history as Hugh the Great, duke of France and Burgundy, and whose domain extended from the Loire to the frontiers of Picardy.