Angus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the Gaelic male personal name Aonghus, traditionally interpreted as ‘one choice’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/æŋɡəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Angus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 2.8K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 5.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 370 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈38,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Gaelic male personal name Aonghus, traditionally interpreted as ‘one choice’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Angus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Angus | 26 |
| GB United Kingdom | #599 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | 106 | Angus | 269 |
| AU Australia | #447 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 323 | Angus | 224 |
| US United States | — | 4,664 | 1 in 71K | 4.6K | Angus | 370 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Angus | 39 |
| HK Hong Kong | #194 | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Angus | 66 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Angus | 57 |
| NZ New Zealand | #403 | ≈900 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | 54 | Angus | 112 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Angus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, From the Celtic personal name Aonghas/Oengus, meaning 'unique choice'; surname tied to the district of Angus. William de Anegus recorded in 1297.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, from Irish Aonghus ‘unique choice’; also local from Angus; first attested Serlo de Anegus 1229
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Scottish Gaelic; unique strength
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Angus Maddisonb. 1926GBBritish economist (1926–2010)
- Angus Deatonb. 1945GBBritish microeconomist (born 1945)
- Angus Youngb. 1955GBAustralian guitarist
- Angus Macfadyenb. 1963GBScottish actor
- Angus Wallb. 1967USAmerican film editor and film title designer
- John Collinsb. 1968GBnot in their usual nameScottish association football player and manager (born 1968)
- Angus MacLaneb. 1975USAmerican animator and director (born 1975)
- Angus Sampsonb. 1979AUAustralian actor
- Angus Gunnb. 1996GBScottish association football player
- Angus Cloudb. 1998USAmerican actor from California (1998–2023)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 74 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.6K | #4,125 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 323 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 110 | #75 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 110 | #75 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 106 | #38 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2025 | 86 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 58 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 54 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 54 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1944 | 45 | #46 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 29 | #4,125 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2025 | 26 | #75 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Angus mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Gaelic male personal name Aonghus, traditionally interpreted as ‘one choice’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Angus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 38 thousand people named Angus in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled angus.
- What are other forms of the name Angus?
- In the etymology graph, Aengus, Aonghus and Aonghas are forms of the same name in other languages; Gus is a recorded short or pet form.
- Is Angus a male or female name?
- Angus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Angus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,664 people named Angus in 2020, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
- How common is Angus compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Angus is the 194th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Angus?
- A machine transcription gives /æŋɡəs/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Angus?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/angusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Angus” — the 194th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.