Aonghas (given name)

Aonghas (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈɯnɯ.əs̪]) is a masculine given name in Scottish Gaelic. Derived from the Old Irish given name Oíngus, it is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one", and "choice". A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic name (which is also found in Ireland as an alternative spelling of the Irish form of the name) is Aonghus. The Irish form of the Scottish Gaelic names is Aengus. A pet form of the Scottish Gaelic name is Angaidh, which is represented in English as Angie.[1]

Aonghas
Pronunciation[ˈɯnɯ.əs̪]
GenderMasculine
Language(s)Scottish Gaelic
Origin
Language(s)Old Irish
DerivationOíngus
Other names
Variant form(s)Aonghus
Pet form(s)Angaidh
Cognate(s)Aengus
Anglicisation(s)Angus, Aeneas
See alsoAngie

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.[2] Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: *Oino-gustos, meaning "one-choice".[3] 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.[4]

People with the given name

Aonghas
  • Aonghas mac Somhairle, (fl. 13th century), Scottish nobleman, son of Somerled
  • Aonghas MacNeacail, (born 1942), Scottish Gaelic writer
  • Aonghas Mór, (fl. 13th century), Scottish nobleman, son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill
  • Aonghas Óg of Islay, (fl. 14th century), Scottish nobleman, son of Aonghas Mór
  • Aonghas Óg, (died 1490), Scottish nobleman, son of John of Islay, Earl of Ross

Aonghus

References
  1. 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. Woolf, Alex (2007), From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. xiv, 330, ISBN 978-0-7486-1233-8
  3. "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.
  4. Woolf, Alex (2007), From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 62, ISBN 978-0-7486-1233-8
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