Fearghus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FUR-gus
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Fearghus is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “man of vigour”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Fearghus mean?
Irish: Gaelic spelling of Fergus
“man of vigour”
Fergus mac Róich is a hero of the Ulster Cycle, and Fergus Mór a legendary founder of Scottish Dál Riata.
Is Fearghus a girl's or a boy's name?
Fearghus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fearghus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Fearghus, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Fearghus than any year since 2005.
In 2025, 165 boys in the UK were given Fearghus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #320, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Fergus 162
- Fearghus 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Fearghus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
Nicknames for Fearghus
- Gus 39 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Fearghus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Finn Conan Conlan Finnbar Rogan Declan Connla Brogan Conn Keenan Keelan
Other spellings of Fearghus
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fearghus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fearghus, updated 20 October 2026.