# Hugh

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hjuː/ · frequency rank #7,018

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From the Old French aristocratic and saint's name Hughe, brought to England by Normans, from a short form of Germanic names beginning with Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“heart, mind”), such as Hubert. Cognate with Old English hyġe (“mind, spirit, intellect”). More at high, how.

## Easily confused with
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-huh)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hut)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hum)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hun)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hui)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hur)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hus)
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-huw)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hurt)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hunt)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hung)
- **hull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hull)
- **Hugo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hugo)
- **hulk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hulk)
- **hugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hugs)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hush)
- **hump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hump)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hume)
- **huts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-huts)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hugh-vs-hunk)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hguh`, `hhugh`, `huggh`, `hughh`, `huhg`, `uhgh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hugh