[TedDoesntTalk]

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.

[Bairfhionn]

Pieter is Dutch. German version of it is Peter.

[KKOSer]

I was told once Hugh is the nearest equivalent to Uwe, but i can't tell if thats correct.

[rob74]

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.

[nielsole]

Owen seems pretty close, especially considering the Nordic variant Ove.

[ginko]

I think that similarity is accidental though. Owen is a Welsh given name. Ove/Uwe is Germanic.

[nkrisc]

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.

[racl101]

In Spanish our Hughs are Hugos