Meaning of name Hugo

The name Hugo has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Hugo is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 375 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Hugo fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 21 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 409 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Hugo in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Hugo is very likely a(n) Portuguese variant of the name Hugh. See other suggested Portuguese boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Hugh.

The following names are baby names related to Hugo and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Hugo: Boys - Henery, Howard, Kirby, Girls - Adline, Mittie, Both genders - Alice, Ballard, Bertha, Charles, Emerson, Emma

The name Hugo is a variant of Hugh. Other popular variants of the name Hugh are: Hew (German), Hewe, Hu, Hue, Huey, Hughea, Hughee, Hughes, Hughey, Hughi, Hughie (English), Hughy, Hugo (Portuguese), Hugues, Huw, Ugo

We think the name Hugo should fall under the following style category: Classics.

See other Classics boy names

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Hugo to be: Wise, caring and easygoing

In one word, you might describe Hugo as a(n) "wise" person.

See other "wise" names for boys.