Meaning of the nameHugo

Hugo is a masculine name of Germanic origin, from the Old French Hugo and the Frankish *hugi, 'thought, mind, spirit'.

Meaning

“thought, mind, spirit”

Source: Wiktionary: Hugo · Behind the Name: Hugh

People (2022): 114,803
Rank in Brazil: #283
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 101,231; people

Hugo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hugo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (26,503 people).

657 women 114,146 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hugo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hugo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Distrito Federal 0.106%
Rio de Janeiro 0.087%
Minas Gerais 0.077%
Tocantins 0.076%
Goiás 0.075%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	23,873	0.054%
Minas Gerais	15,766	0.077%
Rio de Janeiro	13,892	0.087%
Bahia	7,732	0.055%
Pernambuco	6,060	0.067%
Goiás	5,269	0.075%
Paraná	4,809	0.042%
Pará	4,663	0.057%
Maranhão	3,846	0.057%
Distrito Federal	2,974	0.106%
Ceará	2,624	0.030%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,586	0.024%
Espírito Santo	2,263	0.059%
Santa Catarina	2,188	0.029%
Amazonas	2,098	0.053%
Mato Grosso	1,891	0.052%
Paraíba	1,800	0.045%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,729	0.063%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,665	0.050%
Alagoas	1,526	0.049%
Sergipe	1,449	0.066%
Tocantins	1,145	0.076%
Piauí	872	0.027%
Rondônia	858	0.054%
Amapá	478	0.065%
Roraima	408	0.064%
Acre	339	0.041%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Hugo

Wiktionary derives Hugo from the Old French Hugo, a name of Germanic origin, from the Frankish *hugi, 'thought, mind, spirit'. Behind the Name treats it as an old Germanic form of Hugh and links the element to the Frankish hugi or the Old High German hugu, 'mind, thought, spirit'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 114,803 people named Hugo, with a median age of 24. Proportionally, it is most common in the Distrito Federal. Ugo is the Italian form of the same name.

With an initial H, this is the most recorded spelling in the group and the form used in Portuguese and Spanish.

Other spellings of Hugo

Spelling	People (2022)
Hugo	114,803
Ugo	3,342

Sources

Wiktionary: Hugo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Hugh · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Hugo · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Ugo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Hugo

What does the name Hugo mean?

Hugo means “thought, mind, spirit”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hugo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 114,803 people with the first name Hugo, which ranks it number 283 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Hugo a boy's or a girl's name?

Hugo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 657 women and 114,146 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hugo?

Hugo is a name of Germanic and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hugo most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.106% of the state's population is named Hugo (2,974 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hugo?

Ugo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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