Hugo
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Hugo¹
- /ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/ UK
- /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/ US
- /ˈju.ɡoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -uːɡəʊ
Where it comes from
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh. 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.
noun Hugos
- A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society. Red Mars (1992) won a Nebula and Green Mars (1993) won a Hugo.
HUGO²
proper noun
- Initialism of Human Genome Organisation
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: victor hugo, oscar, byron, hogue, victor, brunt, igo, chávez, ugo, intellect, intelligence, mind, brain, psyche, reason, wisdom
Translations
Talk about this word "Hugo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hugo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Hugo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hugo "Hugo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hugo.Cite this
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title = {Hugo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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