# Hugues (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hugues/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | 6,946 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,709 |

## People named Hugues

- Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
- Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, French statesman and journalist (1763-1839)
- Hugues Aufray, French singer
- Hugues Obry, fencer
- Hugues Duboscq, French swimmer
- Hugues de Lusignan, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Hugues de Revel, English knight (died 1277)
- Hugues Doneau, French lawyer
- Hugues Panassié, French critic and record producer (1912–1974)
- Hugues de Lionne, French statesman (1611-1671)
- Hugues Merle, French painter (1822-1881)
- Hugues Libergier, French architect

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.