See examples of hugh used in a sentence. The name hugh is a boy's name of german, english, irish origin meaning mind, intellect Origin of hugh from the old french aristocratic and saint's name hughe, brought to england by normans, from a short form of germanic names beginning with the element hug (“heart, mind”), such as hubert.
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