Hugh

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Origin and Meaning

English form of Hugo ^[1] ^[2]

Related Names

Hugh

♂

English

Further Information

Hugh is a name used among immigrants from English-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway: 1930-1950 ^[2]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[3]	36	138	0	2	36	136
Finland^[4]	n.a.	103	0	0	n.a.	103
Denmark^[5]	27	n.a.	0	n.a.	27	n.a.
Iceland^[6]	0	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[7]	26	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	26	n.a.
Greenland^[8]	0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Hugh.

References

↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[nper-1] Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[alh-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[scb.se-3] Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[vrf.fi-4] Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[dst.dk-5] Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-6] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[ssb.no-7] Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

[stat.gl-8] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

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