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Hugh

in the US

There are 59,321 people with the first name "Hugh" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Hugh 584
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  1. is 580th most common Sabrina
  2. is 581st most common Reginald
  3. is 582nd most common Candace
  4. is 583rd most common Brittany
  5. is 584th most common Hugh
  6. is 585th most common Luz
  7. is 586th most common Ella
  8. is 587th most common Lindsay
  9. is 588th most common Claude

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hughie, Hughey, Hughy, Hughe, Hugo, Hugho, Hughi, Hughye, Hughee, Hughue

Most Common Last Names for Hugh

Smith, Brown, Williams, Jones, Johnson, Miller, Davis, Wilson, Campbell, Thompson

Meaning & History

(male) From an Old French name, Hugues, Hugo, of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from hug ‘heart, mind, spirit’. It was originally a short form of various compound names containing this element. This was borne by the aristocracy of medieval France, adopted by the Normans, and introduced by them to Britain. It was consistently one of the most popular boys' names in the Middle Ages in England, but fell out of favour in the 16th century until it was revived in the 20th century. Little Hugh of Lincoln was a child supposed in the Middle Ages to have been murdered by Jews in about 1255, a legend responsible for several outbursts of anti-Semitism at various times. The story is referred to by Chaucer in The Prioress's Tale. He is not to be confused with St Hugh of Lincoln (1140–1200), bishop of Lincoln (1186–1200), who was noted for his charity and good works, his piety, and his defence of the Church against the State. Since the later Middle Ages Hugh has also been used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Aodh.

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