Ugo
Ugo is the Italian form of Hugh, a name of Germanic origin. Its diminutive form is Ugolino. It is also a Nigerian Igbo first name.
- Italian
- Igbo
Meaning & Origin of Ugo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ugo is the Italian form of Hugh, a name of Germanic origin. Its diminutive form is Ugolino. It is also a Nigerian Igbo first name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Igbo
The Story of Ugo
Ugo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1913, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 20 births, good for #1,766 nationwide. About 41% of every Ugo on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ugo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 312 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ugo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ugo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ugo
Phonetically similar names — useful when Ugo is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ooga
- Ucco
- Ago
- Ego
- Eggo
- Igo
- Ogo
- Ygo
- Igoe
- Aigo
- Hugo
- Oog
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About the name Ugo
Ugo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 312 births in the dataset. Ugo's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,766. Use the chart and map above to compare Ugo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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