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Name of the Day: Fergus

December 30, 2009 By appellationmountain 20 Comments

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  1. Fergus Fahey says

    February 3, 2012 at 8:28 PM

    My name is Fergus. The name Ferdia is the Irish name for my home town. which is called Ardee in English as from the history story, that is where Ferdia fought and lost his life. On the bridge in Ardee Co. Louth. Which the bridge still stands and has cars driving across it every day. This is a link to the history if anyone is interested. http://www.ballapoustans.ie/ardee.html

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  2. Eoin says

    November 29, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    Just looking at this now. Fergus has a great history behind it. But its a bit too similar to fungus for my liking. However iif you like the “Fer” sound, an interesting alternative is Ferdia, also an ancient Irish name, that is quite rare, even in Ireland these days.

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  3. Sebastiane says

    January 1, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    I think Fergus is kind of cool and spunky. I think it has to be on the right person to actually pull it off though.

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  4. British American says

    December 31, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    My first association is the childrens’ book “Good Boy, Fergus” by David Shannon. It’s about a dog. There’s a lot of yelling “Fergus!!!” at the dog, so that’s kind of ruined the name for me.

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  5. Corinne says

    December 31, 2009 at 12:05 AM

    Ohh, yay! I’ve been waiting for this one!
    I simply adore Fergus. I’m not ballsy enough to use it as a first name in the USA, but it’s been in one of my combos for at least five years now. Declan Fergus Ralph (Ralph for my grandfather) for all who care.

    I also love Angus, but the beef reference really gets people. 🙁 I hate Ferguson though: that extra -son ruins the handsomeness of the name!

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  6. Charlotte Vera says

    December 30, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    I MUCH prefer Fergus to Angus! I know that names with an “er” sound tend to land themselves in the unpopular list, but since I call myself a fan of Gertrude and Ernest, I can readily admit Fergus sounds just fine to my ears.

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  7. Julie says

    December 30, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    There’s a wild, little boy who attends my church who’s named Ferguson, which I believe is his mother’s maiden name. It a cute name on him, but not one I’d use on my own child.

    While I love the names Gaelic and Celtic names, I can’t use them… the only claim I have to the British Isles is that my ancestors changed ships in Liverpool, before heading on to Quebec.

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  8. Bewildertrix says

    December 30, 2009 at 3:34 PM

    Not sure how I feel about it any more.

    If Isla had a winkle she’d have been Oscar or Fergus. It’s hardly uncommon here, extremely usable (like Hamish) and a nice alternative to Angus (if the new Mackers burgers put some off) or popular Oscar.

    There was an adorable little Fergus on the ferry the other day although he seemed to get “Ferg” almost exclusively.

    I like Fergal more but I think that’s asking for trouble.

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  9. jillian says

    December 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Yes, Lola! Just what I was thinking. My professors would be so disappointed…

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  10. Lola says

    December 30, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    I think everyone knows how much I like Gus and Fergus, while not a love, is a firm like despite Clarissa. Fergus was little brother to “Clarissa explains it All” and wow do I remember all the horrible ways she twisted his name: Ferg-breath, Furg- us (like Fungus) et al. So while I firmly like Fergus (and think he sounds pretty awesome with my surname), He remains on my total favorites list, and none other. Angus & August are more my speed.

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    • Panya says

      December 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM

      I also like Fergus despite Clarissa! I especially like the way it sounds with a Scottish accent. Actually, I think that show may be one of the reasons Fergus isn’t more popular here.

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    • photoquilty says

      December 30, 2009 at 9:22 PM

      It was Ferguson, though. Not Fergus. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101065/ 🙂

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      • Panya says

        December 30, 2009 at 9:30 PM

        Oh, I know that. 🙂 But I’d never be able to hear Ferguson without thinking of Fergus, and vice versa.

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  11. Juliet says

    December 30, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    To be honest, it really doesn’t appeal to me. I really dislike -gus names. This is the very reason why August isn’t in my list, even though I adore the name

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  12. photoquilty says

    December 30, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    It’s about as cool as Kermit. Um…was that too harsh? That ‘erg’ business is all glottal and weird sounding.

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    • Names4Real says

      December 30, 2009 at 8:04 PM

      I totally agree. Fergus is just unpleasant to me.

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