Meanings
Hugo1
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?"
1986, Kitty Burns Florey, Real Life, Morrow, →ISBN, page 34 - 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.
nounHugo (plural Hugos)
plural 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.
2018, James Gunn, Alternate Worlds, McFarland, →ISBN, page 262
HUGO2
proper noun
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Human Genome Organisation.
Origin
- Frankish*hugi“thought, mind, spirit”
- Old FrenchHugo
- EnglishHugo
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
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Bulgarian Юго́
- Юго́ (Jugó)a French surname
Chinese Mandarin 雨果
- 雨果 (Yǔguǒ)a French surname
French Hugo
- Hugoa French surname
Russian Гюго́
- Гюго́ (Gjugó)a French surname
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APA
Hugo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hugo
MLA
“Hugo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hugo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hugo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hugo.
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