Given name & surname
Agustin
“one who is venerable; majestic”
Agustin is a variant of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Original SpanishAgustín
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agustin is a variant of Augustine. In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Agustin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,348
- 16,327 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 372 babies
- 2025
- 245
- #952 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 245 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 952 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 372 in 2001. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (60). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,342 as a first name in 2020; 7,112 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.
Agustin’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Agustin has a diminutive in AGUS. In English usage, Agustin as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Austin. Agustin has a related form in Augustine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agustin has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Agustin
- Agustin OrtegaArgentine association football playerborn 1992
- Agustin KolaAlbanian footballer (born 1959)
- Agustin AnelloAmerican soccer playerborn 2002
- Agustin JaraArgentine association football playerborn 1992
- Agustín Sumuroyleader in the Sumuroy Rebellion in the colonial Philippines (1649–50)
- Agustín Adornifootballerborn 1990
- Agustin Kardaberazwriter1703–1770
- Agustin RomanCatholic bishop (1928–2012)
- Agustin AnievasAmerican musicianborn 1934
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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