Fergus (name)

Fergus or Feargus is a popular Irish, Manx and Scottish given name. It is both the Old Irish spelling and the anglicised form of the modern Fearghus or Fearghas, meaning "man-strength" or "virility".^[1] The name Fergus was a royal name amongst the Celts in Ireland and the Picts in Scotland. Although a relatively rare name, it is still very popular among the Scottish nobility and gentry. No fewer than three current Clan Chiefs are named Fergus.

As a surname, MacFhearhgais was Anglicised into Ferguson or Fergusson and this surname spread across Scotland but particularly in Ayrshire and Perthshire. The surnames Ferguson and Kerruish (from the genitive MacFhearghais) derive from it. In Ireland, the Ferris family of County Kerry derives its surname from the patronymic Ó Fearghusa.

Given name

Look up Fergus (Fearghus) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Saint Fergus

• Saint Fergus

Sir Fergus

• Sir Fergus McMaster
• Sir Fergus is also mentioned as one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table in Le Morte d'Arthur.

Peers

• Fergus, Lord of Galloway, followers fought at the Battle of the Standard (1138); his descendants became the earls of Carrick.
• Fergus, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Chief of Clan Lyon, cousin of the Queen Mother
• Fergus Mackay, Viscount Glenapp (future Earl of Inchcape)
• Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, judge

Other people with this given name

• Fergus, son of Eochaid Mugmedon, half-brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages (5th century)
• Fergus the Great, also known as Gwrgan Fawr or Gurgantius, a king of Ergyng, a Welsh kingdom of the early medieval period
• The Hon. Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon, brother of the Queen Mother
• Fergus Brit (605-623), the second Abbot of Iona^[2][3]
• Fergus Dubdétach, legendary High King of Ireland of the 3rd century AD
• Fergus Ewing, Scottish politician
• Fergus Fortamail, legendary High King of Ireland of the 4th century BC
• Fergus Gillespie, Chief Herald of Ireland
• Fergus Hume, novelist
• Fergus Lethderg ("red-side" or "half-red"), a son of Nemed who leads his people against the Fomorians in the Irish Mythological Cycle
• Fergus mac Echdach, a Scottish king of the 8th century
• Fergus mac Léti, legendary king of Ulster
• Fergus mac Róich, a character from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology
• Fergus Mór, a Scottish king of the 6th century, reputed to have led the Scots from northern Ireland to the west coast of Scotland to establish the kingdom of Dalriada.
• Fergus O'Brien, Irish politician
• Fergus O'Dowd, Irish politician
• James Fergus (Fergy) Brown
• Fergus McAteer, Irish politician
• Feargus Urquhart, a game developer
• James Fergus Riordan, actor

Fictional characters

• Fergus I, fictional king
• Fergus McDuck, Disney character
• Fergus the Railway Traction Engine, character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Fergus the Fish, British preschoolers' cartoon series in the 1960s^[4]
• Fergus Cramer from the Nero Wolfe series
• Fergus Shannon, dog appearing in children's books by David Shannon
• Fergus the Hostler, a secondary character in the 1956 Robin Hood parody The Court Jester
• Fergus Dargle, a character created by Bennigan's ^[5]
• King Fergus, the leader of the foxes in the German film Der Sturmer
• King Fergus of the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch, husband of Queen Elinor, and father of Princess Mérida in the 3D computer-animated movie, Brave.
• Fergus Roderick McLeod, Crowley [King of Hell]'s real name when he was human in 1661-1723 before he was dragged down to hell, from the TV series Supernatural.

Surname

• Alex Fergus (1899–?), Scottish professional association footballer
• Dylan Fergus (b. 1980), American actor
• James Fergus (1813–1902), miner, rancher, businessman and politician in Minnesota and Montana
• John Fergus (c. 1700–c. 1761), Irish physician and man of letters
• Keith Fergus (b. 1954), American professional golfer
• Oris Fergus, Montserratian cricketer
• Thomas Fergus (1815–1914), New Zealand politician
• Tom Fergus (b. 1962), Canadian-raised American retired National Hockey League player

See also

• Ferragus (disambiguation)
• List of Irish-language given names

References