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Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Hugo

HYOO-goh · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Mind; intellect
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
classic · wisdom
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#403
2024 births797
Peak year2006
First appeared1880
Total US births36,638
2006 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Huey
Alternate spellings
HugueUgo
In other languages
Hugo (German/Spanish/Portuguese)Hugues (French)Ugo (Italian)Hubert (cognate)

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