Hugo: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced HYOO-goh · 2 syllables

Hugo means “mind, intellect”, from Germanic.

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).

How popular is Hugo?

Hugo was the #377 name in the US in 2025, given to 837 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Hugo in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Hugo are older than 33; most are between 19 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Hugo have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Hugo means “mind, intellect”. It comes from Germanic.

Hugo is pronounced HYOO-goh.

Hugo was the #377 name in the US in 2025, given to 837 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Hugo are older than 33. Most are between 19 and 66.