Given name & surname · also Latin
Augustine
“one who is venerable; majestic”·“venerable; majestic”
Augustine is a variant of Augusta. In Latin use, Augusta carries the interpretation “venerable; majestic.” Augustine is a form of August. One Latin interpretation is “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Original IrishAgaistín
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish use, Augustine carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.” Augustine is a variant of Augusta. In Latin use, Augusta carries the interpretation “venerable; majestic.” Augustine is a form of August. One Latin interpretation is “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Augustine is used as a form of August.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Augustine is a form of August. The history of August gives this family its wider story. August has historical associations with royal or imperial families.
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Augustine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20,006
- 16,164 boys · 3,842 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 587 babies
- 2025
- 587
- #545 for boys · #3,839 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +51%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 94% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 549 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 545 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 50.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 38 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (66). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,053 as a first name in 2020; 13,755 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.
Augustine’s family of names
In English usage, Augustine has a diminutive in Gus. In English usage, Augustine shares an earlier linguistic root with Austin. Augustine has a related form in Agustin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Augustine has relatives in 30 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
31 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Agustinvariant · English
- Gusdiminutive · English
- Augustinvariant · English, pcd
- Augustavariant
- Agostinovariant · Italian
- Augustynvariant · Polish
- Guusjediminutive · Dutch
- Agustinovariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AgaistínIrish
- Augustbase name
- Austindoublet · English
- Augusteequivalent
- Augustinadoublet · Occitan, English
- Agustinaequivalent
- Gustineequivalent
- Agostinaequivalent
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- Taunocognate
- अगुस्तिनequivalent
- Αὐγουστῖνοςequivalent
- Agustèinequivalent
- Wistinequivalent
- Augustinasequivalent
- АвгустинаRussian
- 奧古斯丁borrowing · Chinese
- ΑυγουστίνοςGreek
- AugustynaPolish
- Agustíncognate · Spanish, Galician
- Gussteinngallo
- Âu TinhVietnamese
- AugustinôVietnamese
- Августи́нUkrainian, Russian
- Augustinusbase name · Swedish, Finnish
- AugustínSpanish
- HawštynUpper Sorbian
- Agostinhocognate · Portuguese
- ऑगस्टीनMarathi
- អាអ៊ូហ្គូស្ធីនូសKhmer
- ÁgostonHungarian
- AŭgustenoEsperanto
- Agusténegl
- AugustýnCzech
- Agustícognate · Catalan
- ԱվգուստինոսArmenian
- AgostínAragonese
- Aibhistíncognate
- Ághaistíncognate
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Augustine
- Jay-Jay OkochaNigerian footballerborn 1973
- Austin EjideNigerian footballerborn 1984
- Augustine EguavoenNigerian footballer and managerborn 1965
- Augustine Washington(1694-1743) British-American planter, slave owner, and the father of George Washington
- Augustine BirrellBritish politician (1850-1933)
- Augustine BoakyeGhanaian footballerborn 2000
- Augustine Kiprono ChogeKenyan runner and 2006 Commonwealth championborn 1987
- Augustine HenryIrish sinologist and botanist (1857-1930)
- Augustine KasujjaUgandan Apostolic nuncio and Retired Archbishopborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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