Given name & surname
Ugo
“a great thinker”
Ugo is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “a great thinker.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “a great thinker.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Italian use, Ugo is used as a form of Hugh.
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. Ugo is a form 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
Ugo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 312
- 312 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- 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. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 770 as a first name in 2020; 198 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.
Ugo’s family of names
Ugo shares a linguistic root with Hugh. In Latin usage, Ugo has an alternative spelling in Hugo. In Latin usage, Ugo has a related form in Hugo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ugo has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
8 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Hughcognate · English
- HuguesFrench
- Ughettoequivalent
- Huwequivalent
- Huonequivalent
- HugóHungarian
- ГугоRussian
- HugonPolish
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People named Ugo
- Ugo FoscoloItalian writer and poet (1778–1827)
- Ugo TognazziItalian film and theatre actor, director and screenwriter (1922-1990)
- Hugo PrattItalian comic book creator (1927-1995)
- Ugo CavalleroItalian general (1880-1943)
- Ugo LocatelliItalian footballer (1916-1993)
- Ugo Mifsud BonniciMaltese politician, activist and writerborn 1932
- Ugo FrigerioItalian race walker (1901–1968)
- Ugo HumbertFrench tennis player (born 1998)
- Hugh Despenser the YoungerEnglish peer and favorite of Edward II1286–1326
Characters named Ugo: Ugo Fantozzi (fictional character created by Paolo Villaggio).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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