["Hugh is the English-language variant of the masculine given name Hugues, itself the Old French variant of Hugo, a short form of Continental Germanic given names beginning in the element * hug- \"mind, spirit\"", "Popular given name in medieval England, partly due to the fame of Saint Hugh, bishop of Lincoln. In quiet use today, more common in the U.K. and Ireland than in the U.S.A.", "In the 10th century the duchy of Burgundy fell into the hands of Hugh the Great, father of Hugh Capet, on whose death in 956 it passed to his son Otto, and, in 965, to his son Henry.", "HUGH definition: a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “heart, mind.” See examples of Hugh used in a sentence.", "Definition of Hugh in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.", "From the Germanic name Hugo, derived from Old Frankish hugi or Old High German hugu meaning \"mind, thought, spirit\" (Proto-Germanic * hugiz). It was common among Frankish and French", "The name Hugh is a boy's name of German, English, Irish origin meaning \"mind, intellect\". Patrician to the core, Hugh was firmly in the Top 100 until 1903."]