Fearghas
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Fearghas is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: From Old Irish Fergus.
- IEIreland
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old IrishFergus(measured from records)
- Irishor(inferred from the name graph)via Fergus
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
From Old Irish Fergus.
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fearghas is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Scottish and Irish Gaelic: name Anglicized as FERGUS .
as a word
In Scottish Gaelic, a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Fergus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, a male given name from Old Irish of Gaelic origin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1993 | 5 | #305 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2015 | 3 | #686 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2001 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2009 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fearghas mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Irish Fergus. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- What are other forms of the name Fearghas?
- In the etymology graph, Fergie is a recorded short or pet form.
- Is Fearghas a male or female name?
- Fearghas 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.
- In which country does Fearghas have the most bearers?
- Fearghas is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fearghas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.