Boy · Latin
Augustine
Say it: AW-gus-teen
Meaning
Latin Augustinus, from Augustus 'venerable, majestic'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its contracted medieval English form Austin became both a surname and a modern given name.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 17,384 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 4,900 boys
- 367 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianLatinEnglishFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGerman
The family of the name
Other spellings: Austin
| French | Augustin |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Agustín |
| Italian | Agostino |
| Portuguese | Agostinho |
| German | Augustin |
| Polish | Augustyn |
| Hungarian | Ágoston |
Famous bearers
- Augustine of Hippo, theologian
- Augustine of Canterbury, missionary to England in 597
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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