Aonghas () is a masculine

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. Derived from the

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given name ''Oíngus'', it is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one" and "choice". A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic name (which is also found in

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as an alternative spelling of the

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form of the name) is ''Aonghus''. The Irish form of the Scottish Gaelic names is '' Aengus''. A

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of the Scottish Gaelic name is ''Angaidh'', which is represented in

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as '' Angie''. The earliest form of the given name ''

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'', and its cognates, occurs in Adomnán's ''

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'' (''Life of Columba'') as ''Oinogusius'', ''Oinogussius''. This name likely refers to a

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king whose name is recorded variously as ''Onnust'', ''Hungus''. According to historian Alex Woolf, the early Gaelic form of the name, ''Oengus'', was borrowed from the

''Onuist'', which appears in

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as ''Ungust''. Woolf derived all these names from Celtic ''*Oinogustos'', which linguist

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derived from ''*oino-gustos'' meaning "one-choice". which is a transcription of Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included the loss of the final syllables and unstressed vowels, which transformed ''*Oinogustos'' to ''*Oingust''.

People with the given name

Aonghas

Aonghas mac Somhairle Aonghus mac Somhairle (died 1210) was a leading member of Clann Somhairle. He was a son of Somhairle mac Giolla Brighde, King of the Isles and Ragnhildr Óláfsdóttir. Other sons of Somhairle and Ragnhildr include Dubhghall, Raghnall, and p ...

, (''fl.'' 13th century), Scottish nobleman, son of Somerled *

Aonghas MacNeacail Aonghas MacNeacail (born 7 June 1942), nickname ''Aonghas dubh'' or ''Black Angus'', is a contemporary writer in the Scottish Gaelic language. Early life MacNeacail was born in Uig on the Isle of Skye on 7 June 1942. He was raised in Idrigil, ...

, (born 1942), Scottish Gaelic writer * Aonghas Mór, (''fl.'' 13th century), Scottish nobleman, son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill * Aonghas Óg of Islay, (''fl.'' 14th century), Scottish nobleman, son of Aonghas Mór *

Aonghas Óg Aonghas Óg (died 1490) was a Scottish nobleman who was the last independent Lord of the Isles. Aonghas became a rebel against both his father and the Scottish crown, in a civil clan war which would see the end of the independent Lordship of th ...

, (died 1490), Scottish nobleman, son of John of Islay, Earl of Ross

Aonghus

* Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh, (''fl.'' 1520-1570), Irish poet *

Aonghus Óg of Islay Aonghus Óg Mac Domhnaill (died 1314 × 1318/ 1330), or Angus Og MacDonald, was a fourteenth-century Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Domhnaill. He was a younger son of Aonghus Mór mac Domhnaill, Lord of Islay. After the latter's apparent ...

, (died 1314×1318/c.1330), Scottish magnate *

Aonghus McAnally Aonghus McAnally (born 20 June 1955) is an Irish radio and television producer and presenter, as well as an actor, musician, magician and billiards champion. He worked on both sides of the mic and camera for public service broadcaster Raidió T ...

, (born 1955), Irish broadcaster *

Aonghus Óg McAnally Aonghus McAnally (born 20 June 1955) is an Irish radio and television producer and presenter, as well as an actor, musician, magician and billiards champion. He worked on both sides of the mic and camera for public service broadcaster Raidió T ...

, (born 1980), Irish actor *

Aonghus Mór Aonghus Mór mac Domhnaill (died 1293) was a leading figure in the thirteenth-century kingdoms of the Kingdom of the Isles, Isles and Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland. He was a son of Domhnall mac Raghnaill, the eponym of Clann Domhnaill, a branch ...

, (died c. 1293), Scottish magnate * Aonghus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh, (died 1350), Irish poet

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