Given name & surname
Hue
“resembling the lily flower”
Hue is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “resembling the lily flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “resembling the lily flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Hue is a variant of Hugh. The history of Hugh gives this family its wider story. Hugh’s historical bearers include members of the aristocracy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hue through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 565
- 476 boys · 89 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 19 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,158 as a first name in 2020; 821 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.
Hue’s family of names
Hue has a related form in Hugh. In English usage, Hue as a surname has a related form in HULIN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hue
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Hue, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Hai
“of the river”
96% boys · 4% girls
Tung
“resembling the coniferous tree”
>99% boys
Sen
“resembling the lotus flower” · “a wood sprite”
>99% boys
Rosheen
“horse” · “fame”
>99% boys
Westleigh
“from the western meadow”
>99% boys
Miyagawa
“shrine river”
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鶯
“bird”
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淡海
“light, pale” · “sea”
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