Hugo
English
Etymology
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhjuɡoʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːɡəʊ
Proper noun
Hugo
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
- 1986, Kitty Burns Florey, Real Life, Morrow, →ISBN, page 34:
- He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, Hugo? Or are you a Russian spy?"
- A surname from French.
- A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
Hugo (plural Hugos)
- A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.
- 2018, James Gunn, Alternate Worlds, McFarland, →ISBN, page 262:
- Red Mars (1992) won a Nebula and Green Mars (1993) won a Hugo.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦuɡo]
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Estonian
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Huugo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhu(ː)ɡo/, [ˈhu(ː)ɡo̞]
- Rhymes: -uɡo
- Syllabification(key): Hu‧go
Declension
Inflection of Hugo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Hugo | Hugot | ||
genitive | Hugon | Hugojen | ||
partitive | Hugoa | Hugoja | ||
illative | Hugoon | Hugoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Hugo | Hugot | ||
accusative | nom. | Hugo | Hugot | |
gen. | Hugon | |||
genitive | Hugon | Hugojen | ||
partitive | Hugoa | Hugoja | ||
inessive | Hugossa | Hugoissa | ||
elative | Hugosta | Hugoista | ||
illative | Hugoon | Hugoihin | ||
adessive | Hugolla | Hugoilla | ||
ablative | Hugolta | Hugoilta | ||
allative | Hugolle | Hugoille | ||
essive | Hugona | Hugoina | ||
translative | Hugoksi | Hugoiksi | ||
abessive | Hugotta | Hugoitta | ||
instructive | — | Hugoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
- Hugo is the 173rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,616 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,733 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
Etymology
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.ɡo/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Hugo m
- a male given name, a Latinized form of Hugues
- a surname
- Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhuːɡo/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Hugo m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hugos)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo
Noun
Hugo m (strong, genitive Hugos or Hugo, plural Hugos)
- cocktail prepared with Prosecco, elderflower or lemon balm syrup, mint, and soda
Further reading
- “Hugo” in Duden online
- “Hugo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hugo”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- Hugo (Cocktail) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German Hugo, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhu.ɡo/, [ˈhʊɡɔ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.ɡo/, [ˈuːɡo]
Proper noun
Hugo m (genitive Hugonis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Hugo | Hugonēs |
Genitive | Hugonis | Hugonum |
Dative | Hugonī | Hugonibus |
Accusative | Hugonem | Hugonēs |
Ablative | Hugone | Hugonibus |
Vocative | Hugo | Hugonēs |
Norwegian
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxu.ɡɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uɡɔ
- Syllabification: Hu‧go
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Hugo | Hugonowie |
genitive | Hugona | Hugonów |
dative | Hugonowi | Hugonom |
accusative | Hugona | Hugonów |
instrumental | Hugonem | Hugonami |
locative | Hugonie | Hugonach |
vocative | Hugonie | Hugonowie |
Further reading
- Hugo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦuɡɔ]
Proper noun
Hugo m anim (genitive singular Huga, nominative plural Hugovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Hugo | Hugovia |
genitive | Huga | Hugov |
dative | Hugovi | Hugom |
accusative | Huga | Hugov |
locative | Hugovi | Hugoch |
instrumental | Hugom | Hugami |
Further reading
- “Hugo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuɡo/ [ˈu.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -uɡo
- Syllabification: Hu‧go
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)