Angus

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
    • Angus was a great enlargement of experience for me, because he illustrated how haphazardly Fate attributes names to her unoffending children. Angus McGubbin: a Scots giant, red-haired and scowling - wouldn't you think...
  2. A surname.
  3. A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).
  4. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
  5. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.
  7. A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 train configuration.

Origin

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Aonghas, perhaps literally "one choice".

Forms

Anguses

Related

Aberdeen Angus Angus Og Black Angus Forfarshire

Derived

Coupar Angus