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BoyPronounced Spanish /ˈu.ɣo/; Portuguese /ˈu.ɡu/; English /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/; Dutch /ˈɦy.ɣoː/; German /ˈhuː.ɡo/; French /y.ɡo/Galician language family

Hugo

Old German form of Hugh.

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Hugo is a boy name.

Pronunciation: Spanish /ˈu.ɣo/; Portuguese /ˈu.ɡu/; English /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/; Dutch /ˈɦy.ɣoː/; German /ˈhuː.ɡo/; French /y.ɡo/.

GenderBoy
PronunciationSpanish /ˈu.ɣo/; Portuguese /ˈu.ɡu/; English /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/; Dutch /ˈɦy.ɣoː/; German /ˈhuː.ɡo/; French /y.ɡo/
Language familyGalician

Meaning and history

Old German form of Hugh. As a surname it has belonged to the French author Victor Hugo (1802-1885), the writer of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables.

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Usage: spanish, portuguese, english, dutch, german, french, swedish, norwegian, danish, finnish, latvian, germanic

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