Huey - Meaning of Huey

What does Huey mean?

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[ 2 syll. huey, hu-ey ] The baby boy name Huey is pronounced HHYUW-iy- †. Huey is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in the English language.

Huey is a derivative (English) of the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, and Polish Hubert.

Huey is also a pet form of the English Hugh.

See also the related categories, english and germanic (german).

Huey is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1935, 0.046% of baby boys were given the name Huey. Its ranking then was #236. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Huey, Hugh was the most frequently used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Huey include Hewie, Hubee, Hubey, Hugey, Hughi, Hughie, Hughy, Hajo, Happee, Happey, Hehu, Hie, Hoai, Howee, Howey, Howi, Howie, Howy, Hue, and Huyu.

† Pronunciation for Huey: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

Details of famous persons named Huey:
Politician Huey P. Long, born 30 August 1893 - 9 September 1935, Winnfield, Louisiana.
Politician Huey Newton, born 17 February 1942 - 1989, Monroe, Louisiana.