In all the world, Huw (Huw 
, 休 , יו 
) is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently feminine first name. The first name Huw is habitual in the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Australia, and Ireland, where it is a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United Kingdom, China, and Australia. Likewise, Huw is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Huw | United Kingdom, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, China |
| 休 | China |
| יו | Israel |
| ヒュー | Japan |
Huw is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Huw White , character in Pobol y Cwm; Bulldog Drummond , the fictional character created by H. C. McNeile (pen name "Sapper"), Bulldog Drummond; Huw Edwards , the fictional human, character in the BBC soap EastEnders; Hugh Culber , the fictional character from Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery and Hugh Fitzcairn , the fictional character, Highlander: The Series, and in many other works.
| huw cae llwyd Welsh poet, GB (b. 1431) |
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| huw pennant cleric, poet, and antiquary (b. 1450) |
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| huw llŷn poet (b. 1535) |
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| huw arwystli Welsh poet, fl. 1550, GB (b. 1542) |
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| huw ceiriog Welsh poet (b. 1545) |
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| huw cornwy Welsh poet (b. 1545) |
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| huw pennant poet (b. 1550) |
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| huw lewys Welsh cleric and writer, GB (b. 1562) |
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| huw llwyd Welsh soldier and poet, GB (b. 1568) |
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| huw morus Welsh poet, GB (b. 1622) |
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| huw jones Welsh poet, GB (b. 1700) |
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huw derfel Welsh poet, GB (b. 1816) |
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| huw williams of Rhodesia (1860 – 1922), ZW (b. 1860) |
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huw wheldon British broadcaster (1916-1986), GB (b. 1916) |
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| huw menai Welsh poet, GB (b. 1886) |
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Rees, Thomas, Hughes, Wright, Bennett, Roberts, Gilbert, Jenkins, Edwards, Harries, Francis, Walters, Watkins, Meredith, Stephens, Phillips, Rowlands, Reynolds, Richards, Griffith, Williams, Pritchard, Taylor, George, Davies, Daniel, John, Owen, Webb, Smith, Adams, Bevan, Bowen, Parry, Price, David, Griffiths, Davis, Lloyd, James, Jones, Ellis, Evans, Morris, Morgan, Samuel, Beynon, Powell, Lewis, and Llewellyn