Definitions for hughes
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1. Hughes, Ted Hughes, Edward James Hughesnoun

   English poet (born in 1930)

2. Hughes, Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughesnoun

   United States writer (1902-1967)

3. Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughesnoun

   United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976)

4. Hughes, Charles Evans Hughesnoun

   United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948)

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1. Hughesnoun

   derived from the given name Hugh.

2. Hughesnoun

   A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells.

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1. hughes

   Hughes is a common Welsh and Irish surname derived from the Old French personal name Hugues (Hugh). It may also refer to a specific person, place, or company, such as the American industrialist Howard Hughes, or Hughes Network Systems, an American telecommunications company. The meaning of the name is "mind" or "spirit". The spelling and pronunciation of the name can vary.

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1. Hughes

   Hughes is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 78 at the 2000 census.

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1. HUGHES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hughes is ranked #90 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hughes surname appeared 236,271 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 80 would have the surname Hughes.
   
   78.3% or 185,213 total occurrences were White.
   16.1% or 38,111 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 5,836 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 4,655 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 1,252 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 1,181 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Aviator
   • Chief Justice
   • Industrialist
   • Poet
   • Writer

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for hughes »

1. heughs

2. sheugh

How to pronounce hughes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hughes in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hughes in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hughes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hughes in a Sentence

1. Molly Ringwald:

   [The John Hughes movies] were really unique and really fun and he basically got that whole teen 'thing' in a way that nobody has gotten since, except for a movie that I really love that I think is the inheritance of John Hughes, to my mind, I think 'Eighth Grade' completely gets it. Elsie Fisher's performance is incredible. I think what it really shares with the John Hughes films is the fact that it's really funny and yet it's really moving.

2. Ted Morgan:

   Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.

3. Judy Blake:

   As the world leader in broadband satellite networks and services, Hughes places the integrity and security of communications utilizing our equipment and services at the highest level of importance, as a matter of policy we do not publicly discuss such matters.

4. Lauren Hogg:

   I just didn't get the regular John Hughes senior high school stuff, it's been awful... with everything else going on in the world it's compounded our trauma.

5. Molly Ringwald:

   It still is my favorite of the John Hughes films.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hughes
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hughes
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hughes
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hughes