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Augustus
Say it: aw-GUS-tus
Meaning
Latin augustus 'venerable, majestic, consecrated', related to augere 'to increase'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A title of Roman emperors that German princely houses used as a given name, spreading it to 19th-century Europe and America.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 18,164 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 1,500 boys
- 574 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Augusto |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Augusto |
| French | Auguste |
| German | August |
| Portuguese | Augusto |
| Polish | August |
Famous bearers
- Augustus, first Roman emperor
- Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.