Angus

Where Angus comes from

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".
— Wiktionary's entry for Angus
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #365
    24 babies named Angus — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #564.
  4. 1945
    Angus Deaton born
    British microeconomist
  5. 1955
    Angus Young born
    Australian guitarist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
Namesakes
  • Angus Young · Australian guitarist, born 1955
  • Angus Deaton · British microeconomist, born 1945
  • Angus King · American politician and lawyer, born 1944
  • Angus T. Jones · American actor, born 1993
  • Angus Gunn · Scottish association football player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.