Hugo (name)
Hugo is a surname and male given name of Germanic origin Hugo, meaning "Bright in Mind and Spirit" or "intelligence".[1] The English version of the name is Hugh.
Hugo is one of the most popular given names in Europe, ranking as high as #9 in Spain,[2] and #8 in Belgium in 2006.[3] April 1 is the name day of Hugo in many European countries.
Notable People
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Hugo as a surname
Hugo - Man of 1000 faces 1970's toy puppet.
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer, statesman and human rights activist
- Chad Hugo (born 1974), American musician and record producer
- Charles Hugo (disambiguation)
- Francis Hugo (1870–1930), American politician
- Gustav Hugo (1764–1844), German jurist
- Jean Hugo (1894–1984), French painter, illustrator, theatre designer and author
- Jean Hugo (golfer) (born 1975), South African golfer
Hugo as a given name
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter
- Hugo Black (1886–1971), US Supreme Court Justice
- Hugo Chakrabongse (born 1981), Thai royal family and singer-songwriter
- Hugo Chávez (1954–2013), politician, former President of Venezuela
- Hugo Corro (1953–2007), Argentinian boxer
- Hugo Eckener (1868–1954), German airship commander
- Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885–1948), German fashion designer
- Hugo Fernández Artucio (born c. 1910s), Uruguayan academic and activist
- Hugo Fernández Faingold (fl. c. 2000), Uruguayan politician
- Hugo Gellert (1892–1985), Hungarian-born artist
- Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), American science-fiction publisher
- Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), Dutch forefather of international law theory
- Hugo Henrique Assis do Nascimento (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), German aircraft designer
- Hugo de Lantins (fl. 1420–'30), French-Flemish composer
- Hugo Launicke (1909–1975), German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime
- Hugo Leistner (1902–2002), American hurdler
- Hugo Lloris (1986–present), French goalkeeper, plays for Tottenham and French national team
- Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), Swiss writer
- Hugo of Ostia (died 1158), French religious leader
- Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz (1853–1932), Prussian pharmacist
- Hugo Pratt (1927–1995), Italian comic book creator
- Hugo Reid (1809 - 1852), Scottish rancher and ethnographer
- Hugo Rifkind (born 1977), Scottish journalist
- Hugo Rodallega (born 1985), Colombian footballer
- Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 1958), Mexican footballer
- Hugo Schmeisser (1884–1953), German weapons designer
- Hugo Schwyzer, American professor and writer
- Hugo Sofovich (1939–2003), Argentine filmmaker
- Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953), German field marshal
- Hugo Veloso Oliveira Silva (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Hugo Viana (born 1982), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Hugo Vieira (born 1976), Portuguese footballer
- Hugo Weaving (born 1960), Australian actor
- Hugo White (born 1986), British Musician- The Maccabees
- Hugo Young (1938–2003), British journalist
- Hugo Kafumbi (born 1992), Congolese/Canadian rapper from Vancouver
- Hugo Pierre Leclerq AKA Madeon (born 1994), French house/electro house/nu-disco/pop producer from France
- Hugo Hulsebosch (born 1999), Dutch webdeveloper from The Netherlands
Fictional Hugos
- Hugo Cabret, protagonist of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and film adaptation Hugo
- Hugo Danner, protagonist in "Gladiator" Philip Wylie's 1930 novel
- Hugo de Rainault, brother of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the TV series Robin of Sherwood
- Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, a main character in the television show Lost
- Jungledyret Hugo, the main character in a Danish children's movie series and a TV show
- Hugo Weasley, the son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Weasley (née Granger) in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Hugo Drax, villain in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Moonraker
- Hugo Quarry, a character in the Robert Harris novel The Fear Index
- Hugo (Street Fighter)
- Hugo (Suikoden III)
- Hugo (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
- Hugo the Abominable Snowman, a minor enemy of Bugs Bunny, loosely based on the yeti legend
- Sargeant Hugo Stiglitz, character in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds who killed 13 Gestapo officers, and was later recruited by the Basterds.
- Hugo, the protagonist from Hugo's House of Horrors, Whodunit?, and Jungle of Doom
- Hugo, a gargoyle supporting character from the 1996 Disney animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Hugo, minor villain and Ring member from the TV show Chuck
- Hugo Simpson, the twin brother of Bart Simpson who appeared in Treehouse of Horror VII (The Thing and I)
- Hugo Bracegirdle, a Hobbit briefly mentioned in The Lord of the Rings who received a book-case from Bilbo Baggins when he left the Shire in T.A.3001; Hugo borrowed many books from Bilbo and others but was very poor at returning them
References
- ↑ fr:Albert Dauzat, Les noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse, 1980, foreword by fr:Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 333.
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