Given name & surname
Hud
“a hooded man”
Hud is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a hooded man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a hooded man.”
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 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 87 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,594 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,594 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 155 as a first name in 2020; 138 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hud’s family of names
Hud has a related form in Hod. Hud has a related form in Hodd. Hud has a related form in Hodde.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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