Fergus Forename
Approximately 12,502 people bear this name
Fergus Forename Definition:
A male name. Celtic Fearghus ‘superchoice’. Mainly Scottish and Irish but occasionally used in the North of England.
Fergus Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 100% | 4,266 | 1:1,088 | 202 |
| England | 100% | 2,624 | 1:21,190 | 1,326 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,162 | 1:4,604 | 459 |
| United States | 100% | 794 | 1:456,596 | 12,432 |
| Australia | - | 694 | 1:19,680 | 1,402 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 547 | 1:3,370 | 455 |
| South Africa | 100% | 491 | 1:111,064 | 8,697 |
| Canada | 100% | 488 | 1:67,896 | 4,015 |
| New Zealand | - | 375 | 1:12,096 | 1,185 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 67 | 1:2,650,214 | 48,263 |
| Zambia | - | 64 | 1:247,731 | 7,885 |
| Philippines | 96% | 60 | 1:1,766,825 | 40,630 |
| Jamaica | - | 57 | 1:50,583 | 2,857 |
| Hong Kong | - | 53 | 1:146,278 | 3,051 |
| France | 100% | 42 | 1:1,582,627 | 10,245 |
| Germany | 100% | 39 | 1:2,478,920 | 13,163 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 39 | 1:395,482 | 19,357 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 38 | 1:444,792 | 11,530 |
| India | 100% | 34 | 1:35,731,705 | 689,842 |
| China | - | 32 | 1:42,689,243 | 61,836 |
| Cameroon | - | 31 | 1:697,113 | 20,420 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 31 | 1:982,256 | 34,885 |
| Brazil | 100% | 29 | 1:7,387,454 | 101,232 |
| Wales | 100% | 29 | 1:106,700 | 2,540 |
| Thailand | 100% | 25 | 1:2,802,633 | 67,582 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Denmark | - | 15 | 1:376,633 | 6,579 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 15 | 1:11,854 | 1,528 |
| Kenya | - | 12 | 1:3,858,926 | 23,691 |
| Austria | 100% | 10 | 1:851,420 | 6,482 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10 | 1:821,350 | 10,525 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Russia | 100% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Singapore | - | 9 | 1:698,562 | 12,752 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Cyprus | - | 8 | 1:108,884 | 3,058 |
| Italy | 100% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Indonesia | - | 7 | 1:36,851,953 | 740,105 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Spain | - | 7 | 1:6,647,138 | 16,660 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Uganda | 83% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5 | 1:1,971,581 | 30,505 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Venezuela | - | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Israel | 67% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
Fergus (6,553) may also be a surname.
Fergus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Celtic Fearghus ‘superchoice’. Mainly Scottish and Irish but occasionally used in the North of England.
A Celtic—mainly Scottish—m. ‘Christian’, it derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘man’s strength’, hence manly strength’. Those of Caesar’s foes whom he names Vir- had a name in bri, a Celtic root signifying ‘force’: cf. the Sanscrit virja and Latin virtus, ‘valour,’ and vir, ‘a man.’ This is the Gaelic fear—Feargus is an old spelling of our name—and the Cymric gwr. Yonge.
The English form of Fearghas.
Celtic and Gaelic (masculine) - Strong arm, strong man.
A Celtic name, meaning: Man of strength.
A Gaelic name: Fearghas, Middle Gaelic Fearghus, Fergus, E. Ir., Old Irish Fergus, g. Fergusso, Welsh Gurgust, Old Brythonic Uuorgost, Uurgost: * Ver-gustu-s, “super-choice”; for ver- or fear-. far, air (allied to Latin super), and for gustus, see under Aonghus above. Some regard Fer here as Gaelic fear, man, *viro- or *vir.
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Fergus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fergus in the Russian language | ||
| Фергус | fergus | - |
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