Boy's name
Fearghas
“FAR-gus”
fear + gus, 'man of vigour' or 'manly strength'
The story behind the name
Fergus mac Róich, deposed king of Ulster, goes over to Medb's side in the Táin and fights his own people — and it is he who, in one telling, dictates the whole epic back to the scribes from beyond the grave. Fergus Mór is claimed as the founder of Dál Riata in Scotland.
Surnames built on this name
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