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Gus

Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Gus: Diminutive of Augustus, Angus, Gustave, Augustin, Augusten, Augustine, August Meaning of Angus: Anglicized form of Aonghus, Aonghas, Gaelic, "one strength"
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Gus is a homey grandpa nickname name that can work as a short form for any of the above or stand on its own as a cutting-edge replacement for Max and Jake--though it dropped off the Top 1000 in 1978.

Gus was chosen for their sons by Dixie Chick Emily Robison and actress Julie Bowen. In T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (and in the stage musical), the full name of Gus the Theatre Cat is Asparagus.

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Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae from "Lonesome Dove"
Gus, the mouse from Disney's "Cinderella"
Burton 'Gus' Guster II from tv show Psych
Augustus "Gus" from "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Gustavo "Gus" Fring from the television series Breaking Bad

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Gus, Gussie, Gussy

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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Gus: Short form of Augusta
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Unlike Sam or even Max, Gus -- short for Augusta or Gusta -- feels a bit too butch to work for a girl.

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