Meaning of the nameUgo

Ugo is a spelling of the name Hugo, which means “thought, mind, spirit”.

Meaning

“thought, mind, spirit”

Meaning of the name Hugo, of which Ugo is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Hugo · Behind the Name: Hugh

People (2022): 3,342
Rank in Brazil: #3,608
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 5,696; people

Ugo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ugo, 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 (708 people).

0 women 3,325 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 Ugo is most common

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

Bahia 0.003%
Pará 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
São Paulo 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	744	0.002%
Bahia	384	0.003%
Minas Gerais	302	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	284	0.002%
Pará	185	0.002%
Pernambuco	151	0.002%
Goiás	145	0.002%
Paraná	128	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	121	0.001%
Maranhão	105	0.002%
Santa Catarina	101	0.001%
Mato Grosso	96	0.003%
Ceará	72	0.001%
Espírito Santo	66	0.002%
Rondônia	57	0.004%
Distrito Federal	56	0.002%
Alagoas	53	0.002%
Paraíba	52	0.001%
Amazonas	48	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	42	0.002%
Sergipe	38	0.002%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Amapá	21	0.003%
Acre	18	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	17	0.001%
Roraima	15	0.002%

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

The spelling Ugo

Without the initial H, this is the Italian form, which Wiktionary derives from the Latin Ugō as the equivalent of the English Hugh; it is almost always male.

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.

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 Ugo

What does the name Ugo mean?

Ugo means “thought, mind, spirit”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Hugo, of which Ugo is a spelling.

How many people are named Ugo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,342 people with the first name Ugo, which ranks it number 3,608 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Ugo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,325 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ugo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ugo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Ugo (384 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ugo?

Hugo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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