Hugo

American  

[hyoo-goh, yoo-, y-goh] / ˈhyu goʊ, ˈyu-, üˈgoʊ /

noun

1. Victor (Marie, Viscount) 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.

2. a male given name.

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Hugo British  

/ ˈhjuːɡəʊ, yɡo /

noun

1. Victor ( Marie ) (viktɔr). 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France. His works include the volumes of verse Les Feuilles d'automne (1831) and Les Contemplations (1856), the novels Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), and the plays Hernani (1830) and Ruy Blas (1838)

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Example Sentences

Hugo and his fellow Year 10 French students can attest to the success of this method.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

I reached out to the office of Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, but we hadn’t yet connected when I hit my deadline.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Melies ended up as a toy seller in Paris’ Gare Montparnasse train station -- a story that was dramatized in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film, "Hugo."

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“With Bad Bunny’s rise and the Super Bowl, it felt like a shift in values towards the Spanish language,” said Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center’s director of race and ethnicity research.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Hugo swept his arm toward the corner where, sure enough, the tower of coffee cups was teetering like it was about to topple.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff