Given name & surname
Fitzhugh
“the son of Hugh”
Fitzhugh is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “the son of Hugh.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “the son of Hugh.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fitzhugh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 380
- 380 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1898
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1898. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 174 as a first name in 2020; 3,055 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fitzhugh’s family of names
Fitzhugh has a related form in Fytzhugh. In English usage, Fitzhugh as a surname has a related form in FITCHEW. In English usage, Fitzhugh as a surname has a related form in FITCHIE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fitzhugh
- Fitzhugh LeeAmerican politician (1835–1905); 40th governor of Virginia
- Fitzhugh L. FultonAmerican test pilot (1925–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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