Agus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name meaning “handsome, good”
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈaɡus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Agus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 6th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 378(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 8.3K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 14K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 263 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 378 (inferred from the name graph)
≈710,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, 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)
A male given name meaning “handsome, good”.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Agus 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #6 | ≈710,000 est. | ≈1 in 378 | listed | Agus | 263 |
| MY Malaysia | #287 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Agus | 49 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | — | Agus | 14 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 172K | — | Agus | 24 |
| SG Singapore | #535 | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Agus | 34 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Agus | 8 |
| US United States | — | 158 | 1 in 2.1M | 160 | Agus | 136 |
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: the id-github-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)
Agus 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 bkd, for poison, etc. to spread through (a body of water)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In English, A barangay of Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Iloko, current (of water in the sea)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In io, conditional of agar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, conditional of agi
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Agus Salimb. 1884IDIndonesian politician (1884–1954)
- Agus Susantob. 1945IDIndonesian badminton player
- Agus Martowardojob. 1956IDIndonesian politician
- Agus Suwageb. 1959IDIndonesian artist
- Agus R. Sarjonob. 1962IDIndonesian writer
- Agus Suparmantob. 1965IDIndonesian politician
- Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmitab. 1969IDIndonesian politician
- Agus Hariyantob. 1976CNbadminton player
- Agus Harimurti Yudhoyonob. 1978IDIndonesia's Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
- Agus Medinab. 1994ESSpanish association football player
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 150 | #44,078 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8 | #44,078 |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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 Agus mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name meaning “handsome, good”. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Agus?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈaɡus/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Agus a male or female name?
- Agus is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Agus?
- In the etymology graph, Bagus is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Agus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 707 thousand people named Agus in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled agus.
- How common is the name Agus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 158 people named Agus in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
- How common is Agus compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Agus is the 6th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
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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.
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, “Agus” — the 6th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.