ANGUS - (Celtic) 1. Unique Strength (Irish) 2. Aengus (Gaelic) 3. Aengus, Aong(h)us (one + gus = strength, valour). Aengus is a name that has been in Ireland from earliest times. A mythical character, Aengus an Bhrogha, i.e., Aengus of the Brug on the Boyne; and Aengus was the name of one of the three brothers - sons of Erc - who led a colony to Scotland in the year 506 and founded the Scottish monarchy. In Ireland it is still in use as a personal name but nearly always changed to Aeneas. Joyce, Irish Names, II. 154 2. Belonging to Angus (or Forfar), believed to be named from the 8th century Pictish king Aengus. Gary Radcliffe [email protected]