This interesting and unusual name is a variant form of the popular medieval English male personal name "Hudde", which has a complex origin. ... "Hugh" derives from a short form of various Germanic compound names beginning with the element "hug", meaning "heart, mind, spirit".
Uday (also transliterated as Odai, Oday, Ouday, or Udai, from original Sanskrit name Sanskrit: उदय; Udaya, Arabic: عدي; Udai‎‎, IPA: [udɑj] ood-eye) is an Indian name meaning dawn or the rise and a probably unrelated Arabic name (a male given name meaning to rise, to ascend or the first warrior in the Battle).
