The fergus Surname
fergus Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghuis or Ó Fearghasa ‘descendant of Fearghus’, a personal name composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + gus ‘vigor’, ‘force’, or possibly ‘choice’. This was the name of an early Irish mythological figure, a valiant warrior, also of the grandfather of St. Columba.
- Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Fearghus (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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