Given name & surname
Agostino
“one who is venerable; majestic”
Agostino is a form of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agostino is a form of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Agostino is used as a form of Augustine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Agostino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 626
- 626 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,931 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,931 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 50.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 767 as a first name in 2020; 1,393 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Agostino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Agostino has a diminutive in Tino. Agostino shares a linguistic root with Augustine. In Italian usage, Agostino has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Agustín.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agostino has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agostino
- Dino De LaurentiisItalian film producer (1919–2010)
- Agostino CarracciBolognese painter of the Baroque (1557-1602)
- Agostino DepretisItalian politician (1813–1887)
- Agostino CasaroliCatholic cardinal (1914-1998)
- Agostino ValliniCatholic cardinalborn 1940
- Augustinos KapodistriasGreek soldier and politician (1778-1857)
- Agostino CacciavillanItalian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal (1926–2022)
- Agostino ChigiItalian banker1466–1520
- Agostino BarbarigoDoge of Venice (1486–1501)1419–1501
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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