Hughes

Происхождение и история

Welsh and English patronymic surname meaning 'son of Hugh', where Hugh derives from the Old High German 'Hugo' or 'Hugi', meaning 'mind' or 'spirit'. The name was brought to England by the Normans and was adopted enthusiastically in Wales, where the Welsh patronymic system converted 'ap Huw' (son of Huw) into the heritable surname Hughes. It is one of the most frequent surnames in North Wales and the Wirral Peninsula.