Hugo
/ˈhju.ɡoʊ/noun
Hugo is spelled H-U-G-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Hugo means “A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Hugo is Hugos.
How many letters and syllables are in Hugo?
| Letters | 4: H-U-G-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Hugo?
Hugo appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Hugo?
- UK /ˈhjuː.ɡəʊ/
- US /ˈhju.ɡoʊ/
- US /ˈju.ɡoʊ/
Hugo has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Hugo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Hugo
- Hugos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Hugo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Hugo come from?
From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (“thought, mind, spirit”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).