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Август

“majestic, sacred”

Август is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian.

Macedonian and Russian and Serbo-Croatian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Avgust.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Август goes back to Latin Augustus, meaning “majestic, sacred.”

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Where it comes from

Август comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Augustus.

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Август’s family of names

In Russian usage, Август has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form August. In Russian usage, Август has a conventional equivalent in the German form Augustus. In Russian usage, Август has a transliteration in Avgust.

Walk Август’s family in the name graph

АвгустAvgustAugustAugustus

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Август has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 4

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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