Hew
HYOO
A Welsh/English name tied to the root for “mind,” also often treated as a form of Hugh.
Meaning
The excerpts give Hew as an English/Keltic name meaning “mind,” and also note that the true Anglicized Welsh form is Hu or Hew. They further say it is now commonly confused with the Teutonic Hugh, though it may be cognate with it via the Welsh form Hu.
Origin
WelshEnglishOld FrenchCelticmasculine
Fun fact
Old French spellings of the same name include Hue, Hues, Huon, and the feminine Huette.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.