There's an updated version of the FERGUS surname at our new website, including better maps and updated information. Click/tap here to go to the new site at BritishSurnames.uk.

FERGUS

AbeBooks.com. Thousands of booksellers - millions of books.

There are approximately 1,550 people named Fergus in the UK. That makes it the 5,394th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 25 are named Fergus.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic

Related and similar surnames

Ferguson
Fergeson
Fergerson
Ferg
Ferge
Fargas
Fargo
Vargus
Feargus
Fearghus
Faergus
Fargus
Feargues
Fargous
Fargues
Farguis
Ferges
Feregus
Feragus
Feargue
Fergeau
Faerguss
Fergas
Feargusa
Fargose
Farguss
Farguse
Fergasson

The Fergus surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Gaelic and Celtic.) A fierce or brave chieftain, from Fear, man, and guth, a voice or word, that is, the man of the word, a commander of an army. Some suppose the first Fergus was so named from Fairghe, the sea, on account of his large navy; others, from his raging like the sea in battle. Feargach, fiery.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

British Surnames