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 …Definition of hugh in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.A male given name:From a germanic word meaning “heart, mind. ”.See examples of hugh used in a sentence.Hugh is the english-language variant of the masculine given name hugues, itself the old french variant of hugo, a short form of continental germanic given names beginning in the element * hug- mind, …