Angus
About Angus
Angus is a traditional yet stylish choice in the UK, especially in Scotland. And it's a cool choice for US parents too, particularly those whose roots go back to Glasgow. The ancient Celtic form Oenghus has important historical overtones in Scotland, and the Gaelic form Aonghas is associated with two distinguished modern poets. In Irish folklore, Angus Og is a chieftain-lord who used his magical powers for the pleasure and prosperity of mankind--and in Irish myth, Aonghus was the god of love and youth.
These days, Angus is even more popular in Australia than Scotland, possibly due to the fame of Scottish-born Australian musician Angus Young, lead guitarist and co-founder of the seminal rock band AC/DC.
Other pop culture references: Angus was the first name of TV's McGyver and the young actor who plays the half man on Two and a Half Men is Angus T. Jones. Angus Wilson was a noted British novelist and short story writer.
As of October 2026, Angus ranked #2363 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #365 in 1882, Nameberry popularity #647.
Editor's take: The name Angus is a boy's name of Scottish, Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "one strength".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,492 | 108 | 56.2 |
| 2015 | #1,740 | 88 | 45.9 |
| 2016 | #1,920 | 76 | 40 |
| 2017 | #1,661 | 95 | 51.3 |
| 2018 | #1,809 | 84 | 46.3 |
| 2019 | #1,815 | 84 | 46.8 |
| 2020 | #2,044 | 69 | 40 |
| 2021 | #2,225 | 63 | 36 |
| 2022 | #1,853 | 86 | 49.3 |
| 2023 | #1,986 | 77 | 45 |
| 2024 | #2,149 | 68 | 39.5 |
| 2025 | #2,363 | 58 | 34 |
World rankings
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Famous Anguss
- Angus McKinnon Young
Australian guitarist of band AC/DC
- Angus Turner Jones
American actor
- Angus McLaren
Australian actor
- Angus Stewart Deaton
British,American economist
- Angus Frank Johnstone
Wilson, English novelist
- Angus Stanley King
U.S. Senator from Maine
- Angus Stone
Australian singer songwriter
- Angus Neil McCallum
Canadian MP
- Angus Scrimm (born Lawrence Rory Guy)
American actor
- Angus Reid
Canadian CFL player
- Angus Wilson Lennie
Scottish actor
- (Gordon) Angus Deayton
English actor/comedian
- Angus Alan Douglas Douglas
Hamilton, 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brando
- Angus James Bruce Ogilvy
English businessman; husband of Britain's Princess Alexandra
- Angus Cameron
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
- Angus "Alan" Young
British,Canadian,American actor
- Angus William MacLise
American drummer for the Velvet Underground
- Angus Redford Sutherland
American actor and brother of Kiefer Sutherland
- Angus Moore Bernsen
son of actor Corbin Bernsen
- Angus McKinnon Young
Scottish born, Australian lead guitarist of AC/DC
Angus in pop culture
- Angus MacGyver
main character on TV's "MacGyver"
- Angus Partridge
male nanny on TV's "The L Word."
- Angus McMorrow
main character in the film "The Water Horse (2007)"
- "Angus
" 1995 film and its main character
- Angus
horse in Pixar's "Brave"
- Angus Chestnut
character on TV's "A.N.T. Farm"
- Angus
character in video game "Devil May Cry 4"
- "Angus
Thongs and Perfect Snogging," novel by Louise Rennison and film
- Angus Campbell
main character in G. A. Henty's "To Herat and Cabul"
- Angus McGillicuddy
ancestor of Lucy Ricardo on the sitcom "I Love Lucy"
- Angus
a county in Scotland, and the origin of the name of the cattle breed
- Angus
breed of beef cattle
- Dr. Angus Leighton
character on TV's "Code Black"
Variations & nicknames
- AengusIrish
- AonghusIrish
- EnnisIrish
- GusIrish
- OengusIrish
- UngusIrish