Hugh
Meaning of Hugh
Hugh is a classic male name with English origins. It is pronounced as "hyoo" (/hjuː/). The name Hugh has variations such as Hugo, but both share the same pronunciation. In the United States, Hugh has been given to newborn boys for many years. While its popularity has fluctuated over time, it remains a well-loved choice for parents looking for a timeless and strong name for their baby boy.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as hyoo (/hjuː/)
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Notable People Named Hugh
| Hugh Grant - Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor known for his charming and vulnerable romantic leading roles, as well as his transition into more dramatic characters, with accolades including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. |
| Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor known for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series, and has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and two Tony Awards. |
| Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher known for founding and editing Playboy magazine. |
| James Hugh Calum Laurie is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician, known for his work in comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry, as well as in the BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. |
| Hugh Everett III was an American physicist known for proposing the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics in his 1957 PhD thesis. |
| Hugh Bonneville, also known as Hugh Richard Bonniwell Williams, is a renowned English actor famous for his role as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the TV series Downton Abbey and its subsequent films. |
| William Hugh Kenner was a prominent Canadian literary scholar and critic known for his influential work on Modernist literature, particularly his emphasis on James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and Samuel Beckett. |
| Hugh Edmondson Prather III was an influential American self-help writer, lay minister, and counselor, best known for his widely successful book "Notes to Myself," which has sold over 5 million copies and been translated into ten languages. |
| Hugh Beaver - Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE was an English-South African civil engineer, industrialist, and bureaucrat who founded the Guinness World Records and held prominent positions at the Ministry of Works and Guinness Brewery. |
| Hugh Emrys Griffith was a renowned Welsh actor known for his wild-eyed and formidable character portrayals, with over 100 appearances in theatre, film, and television, and he was the second Welsh-born actor to win an Academy Award. |
| Hugh Armstrong Clegg was a British academic known for founding the "National Board for Prices and Incomes" and presiding over the "Standing Commission on Pay Comparability." |
| Hugh Chisholm was a British journalist and the editor of the 10th, 11th, and 12th editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica. |
| Hugh of Ibelin, a significant noble in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, served as the Lord of Ramla from 1152 to 1169. |
