Hugues

Meaning

a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/yɡ/

Etymology

From Old French Huges, nominative singular of Hugon, from a Frankish name *hugi (“heart, mind”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, understanding”). Compare Old High German Hugi and hugu "soul, mind, thought.".

Sentences

Né à Paris , Hugues Panassié est frappé par la poliomyélite à quatorze ans .

Born in Paris, Hugues Panassié was struck by polio at the age of fourteen.