Aonghas
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.
| Pronunciation | [ˈɯnɯ.əs̪] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | Scottish Gaelic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Irish |
| Derivation | Oíngus |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Aonghus |
| Pet form(s) | Angaidh, Angan |
| Cognate(s) | Aengus |
| Anglicisation(s) | Angus, Aeneas |
| See also | Angie |
The earliest form of the given name Angus, and its cognates, occurs in Adomnán's Vita Columbae (Life of Columba) as Oinogusius, Oinogussius. This name likely refers to a Pictish king whose name is recorded variously as Onnust, Hungus. 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 derived all these names from Celtic *Oinogustos, which linguist John Kneen derived from *oino-gustos meaning "one-choice". 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 transformed *Oinogustos to *Oingust.