Elaine vs Hugo - What's the difference?
elaine | hugo |
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* 1859 Alfred Tennyson: Lancelot and Elaine :
* 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye : page 278:
, a Latinized form of Hugh.
* 1986 Kitty Burns Florey: Real Life . Morrow 1986. ISBN 0688060811 page 34:
As proper nouns the difference between elaine and hugo
is that elaine is while hugo is , a latinized form of hugh.As a noun hugo is
a (hugo award), given out by the (w).elaine
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Elaine' the fair, ' Elaine the lovable,
- Elaine , the lily maid of Astolat,
- High in her chamber up a tower to the east
- Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot;
- My own mother named me after her best friend, as women did in those days. Elaine , which I once found too plaintive. I wanted something more definite, a monosyllable: Dot or Pat, like a foot set down. Nothing you could make a mistake about; nothing watery. But my name has solidified around me, with time. I think of it as tough but pliable now, like a well-worn glove.
Anagrams
*hugo
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo'?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, ' Hugo ? Or are you a Russian spy?"