Given name & surname
Augusto
“one who is venerable; majestic”
Augusto is a variant of August. One Latin interpretation is “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Augusto is a variant of August. One Latin interpretation is “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Augusto is a variant of August. An origin associated with August is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Augustus, from Latin augustus, from Proto-Italic *augostos, built from Proto-Italic *augos + *-tos.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Augusto is a variant of August. The history of August gives this family its wider story. August has historical associations with royal or imperial families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Augusto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,740
- 1,740 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 48
- #2,679 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,679 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Massachusetts had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,964 as a first name in 2020; 1,089 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.
Augusto’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Augusto has a diminutive in GUGU. Augusto developed from Augustus. Augusto has a related form in August.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Augusto has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Augusto
- Augusto PinochetChilean military officer and politician (1915–2006)
- Augusto De LucaItalian artist and photographerborn 1955
- Augusto César SandinoNicaraguan revolutionary and guerrilla leader (1895–1934) who led resistance to the United States occupation of Nicaragua
- Augusto Roa BastosParaguayan writer (1917–2005)
- Augusto FernándezArgentine association football playerborn 1986
- Augusto BoalBrazilian writer (1931–2009)
- Augusto B. LeguíaPresident of Peru (1863-1932)
- Augusto MonterrosoGuatemalan writer (1921–2003)
- Augusto Paolo LojudiceItalian Catholic Archbishop (born 1964)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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