Angus

Meaning & origin

Angus is a boy's name of Scottish origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "One choice — from Old Irish Oengus, the foundational Scottish-Celtic name. Aonghus is also the Celtic god of love and youth in Irish mythology, a son of the Dagda, and Aberdeenshire's Angus county and its famous cattle breed take their name from the same root. A name of decisiveness, beauty, and old Celtic divinity." and belongs to the Love cluster — names for children loved deeply before they arrive.

Common among Scottish, Irish, British families, Angus carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Angus

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Angus resonates in either tradition.

How Angus sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Angus breaks down into 5 phonemes: /AA-N-G-UH-S/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Angus — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Angus

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Angus maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.