Given name & surname
Gussie
“venerable; majestic”·“one who is venerable; majestic”
In English use, Gussie is a diminutive of Augustus. In Latin use, Augustus carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gussie carries the interpretation “venerable; majestic.” In English use, Gussie is a diminutive of Augustus. In Latin use, Augustus carries the interpretation “one who is venerable; majestic.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Gussie is used as a form of Augusta.
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.
From dated birth records
Gussie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,182
- 1,098 boys · 13,084 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 417 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 8% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 391 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,738 as a first name in 2020; 100 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.
Gussie’s family of names
In English usage, Gussie is a diminutive of Augustus. Gussie is a form of Augusta. In English usage, Gussie is a diminutive of Augusta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Augustusfull form · English
- Augustafull form · English
- Gustyvariant
- Gusseahvariant
- Gusseavariant
- Gustellevariant
- Gustelvariant
- Gustellavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gussie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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