Hugh m. Old German hugu 'mind, heart', which was either used as a proper name itself, or as a prototheme in compound names.
The name of a 10th C king of Italy, two Capetian kings of France, four 13th-14th C kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem, two 12th C French saints, and a 12th C English saint.
In Ireland, this name was used as an anglicization of Irish Aodh.