Fergal

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Irish, Old Irish [1]

Meaning & History

Means "man of valour", derived from the Old Irish elements fer "man" and gal "valour". This was the name of an 8th-century king of Ireland. As well as the Old Irish form of the name, this is the usual Anglicization of the Modern Irish form Fearghal.