Huw
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYOO
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
Huw is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mind, heart”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies).
What does Huw mean?
Germanic: Welsh form of Hugh
“mind, heart”
The Welsh spelling of Hugh, pronounced much the same way.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Huw a girl's or a boy's name?
Huw is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huw in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Huw, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 89 boys.
Half of all the boys named Huw in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 115 boys in the UK were given Huw or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #409, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Hugh 100
- Huw 15
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Huw in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 37 | #889 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,010 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 35 | #946 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 38 | #873 |
| 2012 | 47 | #769 |
| 2011 | 52 | #695 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 44 | #747 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 48 | #667 |
| 2006 | 54 | #597 |
| 2005 | 49 | #605 |
| 2004 | 51 | #558 |
| 2003 | 51 | #525 |
| 2002 | 57 | #441 |
| 2001 | 61 | #421 |
| 2000 | 70 | #379 |
| 1999 | 65 | #386 |
| 1998 | 68 | #385 |
| 1997 | 89 | #324 |
| 1996 | 73 | #352 |
Names like Huw
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charles, Liam, James, Jack, William, Harry, Robert, Luke, Matthew, Oluwatobi, Lewis, Thomas
Other spellings of Huw
More Germanic names
Amelia, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Lottie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Huw: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huw, updated 20 October 2026.