Given name

Augusts

Augusts is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Latvian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Augusts comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Augustus.

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Augusts’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Augusts has a short form in Gusts. In Latvian usage, Augusts has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form August. In Latvian usage, Augusts has a conventional equivalent in the English form Augustus.

Walk Augusts’s family in the name graph

AugustsGustsAugustAugustusAugustoAugusteAugustinusAugustinasAwgustAgustínAvguštinAgustí

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Augusts has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 10

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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