4-569: Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for, Angus , August , Augustine , Gustave , Constantine , Konstantinos , Augusten, Gustavo , Gusten, or Augustus , and other names (e.g. Aengus , Argus , Fergus , Ghassan , Gustav , Gustafson , Ferguson , and Gussie ). It can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular Greek name (of Latin origin) Kostas or Konstantinos (Constantin), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, probably due to similarity in
8-470: Is a common pet form of the name. The feminine form of Angus is Angusina . The earliest form of the given name Angus , and its cognates , occurs in Adomnán 's Vita Columbae (English: " Life of Columba " ) as Oinogusius , Oinogussius . This name likely refers to a Pictish king whose name is recorded variously as Onnust , Hungus . According to historian Alex Woolf , the early Gaelic form of
12-632: The name, Oengus , was borrowed from the Pictish Onuist , which appears in British as Ungust . Woolf noted that these names are all derived from the Celtic *Oinogustos . Linguist John Kneen derived this name from two Celtic elements the following way: *Oino-gustos , meaning "one-choice". Woolf also stated that between about AD 350 and AD 660, the Insular Celtic dialects underwent changes which included
16-572: The sound. For Italian-Americans, Gus is short for Gaspare. Gus may refer to: Angus (given name) Angus is an English language masculine given name . It is an Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Aonghas (also spelt Aonghus ), which is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one" and "choice". Short forms of the name include Gus , which may be lengthened to Gussie , and Irish Naos . Angie ( / ˈ æ ŋ ɡ iː / ANG -ghee ; Scottish Gaelic: Angaidh )
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