Comment by TedDoesntTalk
8 hours ago
Great story. Had no idea. Still love the name Uwe. One of those German names that doesn’t have an English equivalent unlike, say, Pieter.
8 hours ago
Great story. Had no idea. Still love the name Uwe. One of those German names that doesn’t have an English equivalent unlike, say, Pieter.
Pieter is Dutch. German version of it is Peter.
I was told once Hugh is the nearest equivalent to Uwe, but i can't tell if thats correct.
Owen seems pretty close, especially considering the Nordic variant Ove.
I think that similarity is accidental though. Owen is a Welsh given name. Ove/Uwe is Germanic.
According to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe, the only certainly known "relative" of Uwe is Ove, which is used in Scandinavian countries. Other than that, the origin of the name is unclear, and there is a theory it might be related to Oswald.
Doesn’t appear to be correct, assuming the information here is correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh
“Hugo” would appear to be the German equivalent.