H aspiré for french proper names

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H aspiré for french proper names

J'adore le frère d'Hugo
I love Hugo's brother!

My understanding is that some french proper names that start with H use H aspiré, so this should/could be:

J'adore le frère de Hugo

Does the possessive "de" override the H aspiré rule?

Here are some others that I believe use "H aspiré": Henri, Hubert, Héctor, Harry

Can you please clarify?

Thanks

(I found the following: https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1952/04/02/l-uvre-d-hugo-ou-de-hugo_2010600_1819218.html?srsltid=AfmBOoorvYyZtNOVy6E7pXjCbZdxiKAqXFtYERcRhzDdtDDBoViC6mjJ. Looks like H aspire is a bit old fashioned)

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Patrick K. asked:

H aspiré for french proper names

J'adore le frère d'Hugo
I love Hugo's brother!

My understanding is that some french proper names that start with H use H aspiré, so this should/could be:

J'adore le frère de Hugo

Does the possessive "de" override the H aspiré rule?

Here are some others that I believe use "H aspiré": Henri, Hubert, Héctor, Harry

Can you please clarify?

Thanks

(I found the following: https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1952/04/02/l-uvre-d-hugo-ou-de-hugo_2010600_1819218.html?srsltid=AfmBOoorvYyZtNOVy6E7pXjCbZdxiKAqXFtYERcRhzDdtDDBoViC6mjJ. Looks like H aspire is a bit old fashioned)

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