Hugo is a boy's name of German origin meaning “sense, mind, thought.” In 2024 it was given to 797 boys in the United States.
Hugo belongs to the German and Italian tradition. Its meaning — “sense, mind, thought” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hugo first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #263 in 1881, and in 2024 797 babies received the name — 36,638 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hugo means “sense, mind, thought” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hugo is a boy name. In 2024, 797 babies received the name in the US.
Hugo comes from the German and Italian tradition.
Hugo first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #263 in 1881, and 797 babies were given the name in 2024.
Hugo is pronounced /ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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