Given name
Aengus
“one force; one strength; one choice”
Aengus is a variant of Angus. One Scottish interpretation is “one force; one strength; one choice.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aengus is a variant of Angus. One Scottish interpretation is “one force; one strength; one choice.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aengus is a variant of Angus. An origin associated with Angus is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus, built from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- + *-tus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aengus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 207 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,722 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,722 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2014.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aengus’s family of names
Aengus has a related form in Angus. In Middle Irish usage, Aengus continues an earlier form in Oíngus. In English usage, Aengus has a related form in ANGUISH.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aengus has relatives in 5 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.