Angus (given name)

Last updated
Angus
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈæŋɡəs/
Scottish Gaelic: [ˈɯnɯ.əs̪]
GenderMale
Language(s) English
Origin
Language(s) Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Word/nameAonghas
DerivationAonghus > Middle Irish: Áengus > Old Irish: Oíngus
Other names
Short form(s) Gus, Naos (Irish)
Pet form(s) Angie, Gussie
Derivative(s)Angusina
See also Aengus

Angus is an English language masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Aonghas (also spelt Aonghus), which is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one" and "choice". Short forms of the name include Gus, which may be lengthened to Gussie, and Irish Naos. [1] Angie ( /ˈæŋɡiː/ ANG-ghee; Scottish Gaelic: Angaidh) is a common pet form of the name. The feminine form of Angus is Angusina. [2]

Contents

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 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

Scottish English Irish English Modern Irish Scottish Gaelic Middle Irish Old Irish
AngusAengus Aeneas AonghasÁengusÓengus
/ˈæŋɡəs/ /ˈeɪŋɡəs/ /ɪˈniːəs/ [ˈeːnˠiːsˠ] [ˈɯnɯ.əs̪] [ˈəinɣəs] [ˈoːi̯nɣus]

People with the given name

Angus

Aonghas

Aonghus

Aengus

Óengus

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010. Which cited for the given name "Angus" A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 1996. ISBN   0-19-280050-7.
  3. ↑ Woolf, Alex (2007). From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. xiv, 330. ISBN   978-0-7486-1233-8.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Woolf, Alex (2007). From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 62. ISBN   978-0-7486-1233-8.
WPanthroponymy.svg
This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.