Angus (given name)
| Angus | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Irish, Scottish Gaelic |
| Word/name | Aonghas |
| Other names | |
| Short form(s) | Gus |
| Pet form(s) | Angie |
| Derivative(s) | Angusina |
| See also | Aengus, Aonghus, Angaidh |
Angus is a masculine given name in English. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, which is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one", and "choice". A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic name is Aonghus. The Irish form of the Scottish Gaelic name is Aengus. A pet form of the given name Angus is Angie, pronounced "an-ghee", which represents the Scottish Gaelic Angaidh. A short form of the given name Angus is Gus, which may be lengthened to Gussie.[1] The feminine form of Angus is Angusina.[2]
The earliest form of the given name Angus, and its cognates, occurs in Adomnán's Vita Columbae (English: "Life of Columba") as Oinogusius, Oinogussius. This name likely refers to a Pictish king whose name is recorded variously as Onnust, Hungus.[1] According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, Oengus, was borrowed from the British Pictish Onuist, which appears in British as Ungust. Woolf noted that these names are all derived from the Celtic *Oinogustos.[3] Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: *Oino-gustos, meaning "one-choice".[4] Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included the loss of the final syllables and unstressed vowels, which affected *Oinogustos thus: *Oinogustos.[5]
Variations
| Old Irish | Modern Irish | Hiberno-English | Scottish Gaelic | Scottish English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Óengus | Aengus | Aeneas | Aonghas | Angus |
People with the given name
- Angus Cameron (American politician) (1826–1897), American politician
- Angus Cameron (academic) (1941–1983), Canadian linguist
- Angus Cameron (director), British director
- Angus Clark, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer
- Angus Deaton (born 1945), British-American economist and recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Angus Deayton (born 1956), British comedian
- Angus Donald (born 1965), English author
- Angus Douglas-Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton (1938–2010), also has subsidiary title as the 22nd Earl of Angus
- Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton (1863–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Angus Dun (1892–1971), American bishop
- Angus Fraser (born 1965), English cricketer in the 1980s and 1990s
- Angus Houston (born 1947), Australian soldier
- Angus T. Jones (born 1993), Two and a Half Men actor
- Angus King (born 1944), 72nd Governor of Maine
- Angus Konstam (born 1960), Scottish author and historian
- Angus Lennie (born 1930), Scottish actor
- Angus MacGyver title character and protagonist on ABC television series MacGyver (1985-1992); played by Richard Dean Anderson
- Angus Mackay (born 1939), Scottish historian
- Angus MacLise (born 1938), American musician
- Angus McLaren (born 1988), Australian Actor
- Angus Monfries (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
- Angus Stone (born 1986), Australian folk-blues singer-songwriter and record producer-engineer
- Angus G. Wynne (1914–1979), American businessman
- Angus Young (born 1955), Scottish-born Australian guitarist from the band AC/DC
- Angus Wall (born 1967), American film editor
- Alan Young (born Angus Young) (born 1919), star of Mister Ed
References
- 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 16, 341, 399, 400, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- ↑ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010. which cited A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280050-7. for the given name "Angus".
- ↑ Woolf, Alex (2007), From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. xiv, 330, ISBN 978-0-7486-1233-8
- ↑ "Christian Names". www.isle-of-man.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010. which is a transcription of Kneen, J.J. (1937). The Personal Names of the Isle of Man. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Woolf, Alex (2007), From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 62, ISBN 978-0-7486-1233-8