- Short for nickname Hugo - to Old High German "Hugues" -> "spirit, sense, courage" - sometimes even residential name to High German "houc" -> "hill" - Hug (around 980), in which Hauge (around 1341), Hauk (c. 1363) - Haug (1400) - Hauk other possible forms are: Hauke, Haucke, Haughey