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A baptismal name originally from the Old French Hughe or Hue, from the Germanic ‘hug’, meaning ‘heart’ or ‘mind’. In Ireland the name became ‘Aodh’ (Eoghann) and is found as the Gaelic Ó hAodha. Also from the Old Celtic Hu or Huw, meaning ‘fire’ or ‘inspiration’. In Ireland the name is Anglicised as Hayes, and found in Ulster as Hughes.