Given name
Augustina
“venerable; majestic”
Augustina is a variant of Augusta. In Latin use, Augusta carries the interpretation “venerable; majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Augustina is a variant of Augusta. In Latin use, Augusta carries the interpretation “venerable; majestic.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Augustīna, built from English August + -ina.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Augustina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,280
- 0 boys · 2,280 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,118 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,118 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,535 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Augustina’s family of names
In Czech usage, Augustina has a diminutive in Gusta. In English usage, Augustina shares an earlier linguistic root with Augustine. Augustina has a related form in Augusta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Augustina has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 6 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.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Augustina
- Augustina StridsbergAmerican writer and Soviet spy (1892–1978)
- Augustina Ebhomien Sundaybadminton playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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