Fergus
[ˈfɜrɡəs]Meaning
from Old Irish fer "man" and guss "vigour, strength, force"
Background Story
Fergus is the Old Irish form of the name, and the usual Anglicised form of the Modern Irish Fearghas or Fearghus. Behind the Name derives it from the Old Irish elements fer, "man", and guss, "vigour, strength, force", giving the meaning "man of vigour". Wiktionary, which takes the name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic Fearghas, records a different reading of the second element as "choice", so that the name has been understood as either "most chosen one" or "chosen man". It was borne by several early rulers of Ireland and Dál Riata, by many characters from Irish legend, and by an 8th-century saint who was a missionary to Scotland.
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