Agustina

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Agustina

Say it: ah-goos-TEE-nah

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Meaning

Feminine of Agustín, from Latin Augustinus, derived from augustus 'venerable'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A leading girls' name in Argentina and Uruguay since the 1990s.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1900s

In the United States

1,576 babies given this name since 1901
At its height in 1901, about 1 in 39,900 girls
10 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Argentine Andean Spanish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Agus

Portuguese	Agostinha
Italian	Agostina

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Where this comes from

National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.