Augustine is a given name, actually masculine, derived from the

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word ''augere'', meaning "to increase." The Latin form ''Augustinus'' is developed from ''

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'' which means "venerable" and was a title given to Roman emperors.

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was a significant early Christian

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and Doctor of the Church and his prominence in

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and

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theology contributed to the given name's spread across Europe and into further continents through evangelism. In both the vulgar of French and English used in the

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, the name was frequently shortened to or pronounced as ''Aoustin'' or '' Austin'' respectively. For the latter, usage is attested at least back to the time of

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. Within the

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, both Augustine and Austin have additionally been used for girls.Behind the Name (Austin)
/ref> The shortened form, ''Austin'', has ranked in the top 50 names given to baby boys born in the

from 1990 to 2007. The

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form, '' Agustín'', was the most popular name given to baby boys born in

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in 2006 and in

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in 2012 and 2013. ''Agustina'', the Spanish feminine, was the third most popular name used for girls born in

in 2006 and was the fifth most popular name for baby girls born in

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in 2006, as well as the tenth most popular in

in 2014.

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Santiago y Sofía, los nombres más elegidos en 2006 por los porteños

Masculine variants

* Abhuistín (

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

) * Ágaistín (

) * Aggusteinus ( Faroese)http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Augustinus Nordic Names * Aggustiinusi ( Greenlandic) * Aggustînuse ( Greenlandic) * Ághuistín (

) * Agostico ( Mirandese) * Agostín ( Aragonese) * Agostin ( Venetian) * Agostinho (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

) * Agostini ( Albanian) * Agostiño ( Galician) * Agostino (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

) * Ágoston ( Hungarian) * Águistín (

) * Agustí (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

) * Agustín ( Asturian,

) * Agustin (

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

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, Tagalog) * Ágústínus ( Icelandic) * Agusztav ( Hungarian) * Aibhistín (

) * Aksnes (

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

) * Aogustin ( Breton) * Aostin ( Ligurian) * Aoustin (

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intellig ...

) * Août ( French) * Augostėns ( Samogitian) * Augusten (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

) * Aŭgusteno ( Esperanto) * Augustijn (

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

) * Augustin ( Croatian,

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

, Faroese,

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

, French,

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

) * Augustín (

, Slovakian) * Augustinas ( Lithuanian) * Augustine (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

) * Augustinô (

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...

) * Augustīns ( Latvian) * Augustinus (

, Javanese,

, Turkish) * Augustînus (

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

( Hawar)) * Augustýn (

, Slovakian) * Augustyn (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

) * Aukusti (

) * Austen (

) * Austin (

) * Austinu ( Corsican, Sardinian, Sicilian) * Austyn (

) * Avguštin (

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

) * Avqustin ( Azerbaijani) * Awstin ( Welsh) * Eosten ( Breton) * Ogustin Walloon) * Oistín (

) * Wistin ( Maltese) * Αυγουστίνος (Augoustínos, Av̱goustínos) (

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

) * Августин (Avgustin, Avhustyn) (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

, Macedonian,

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

, Serbian,

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

) * Аўгустын (Aŭgustyn, Aŭhustyn) ( Belarusian) * ავგუსტინე (Avgustin) (

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

) * ئۆگەستین (

(

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)) * أوغستين (

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) * آگوستین (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

) * آگسٹین (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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) * ኦግስቲን ( Amharic) * अगस्टाइन (Agasṭā'ina) (

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) * अगस्टिनले (Agasṭinalē) ( Nepali) * ਆਗਸ੍ਟੀਨ آگسٹین (Āgasṭīna) ( Punjabi) * ઓગસ્ટિન (Ōgasṭina) (

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub ...

) * அகஸ்டின் (Akasṭiṉ) (

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) * അഗസ്റ്റിൻ (

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) * ഓസ്റ്റിൻ (

) * ఆగష్టీటియన్ (Āgaṣṭīṭiyan) (

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) * ಅಗಸ್ಟೀನ್ (Agasṭīn) (

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) * ဩဂတ်စတင်း ( Burmese) * ออกัสติน (Xxkạs̄tin) ( Thai) * アウグスティヌス (Augusutinusu) (

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) * 아우구스티누스 (Augustinus) (

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) * 奥古斯丁 (Àogǔsīdīng) (

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and Simplified)

Diminutive and pet forms

* Agus (Spanish) * Aku (

) * Augie (

) * Auke ( Frisian) * Dino (

, Croatian) * Gucio (

) * Gus (

, Scottish, French) * Gusta (

, Slovak) * Gustin ( French) * Gutek (

) * Guus (

) * Kusti (

) * Stijn (

) * Tauno (

) * Tijn (

) * Tin ( Croatian) * Tincho (

) * Tino (

) * Tintin ( French)

Feminine variants

* Aggustiina ( Greenlandic)http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Augustina Nordic Names * Agostinha (

) * Agustina (

) * Ágústína ( Icelandic) * Agostina (

) * Agostiña ( Galician) * Akustiina (

) * Augusteen (

Hiberno-English Hiberno-English (from Latin '' Hibernia'': "Ireland"), and in ga, Béarla na hÉireann. or Irish English, also formerly Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland ...

) * Augustina (

, Lithuanian,

) * Augustîna ( Greenlandic) * Augustine (

, Faroese,

, French,

, Greenlandic,

) * Augustia (

) * Augustiina (

) * Augustyna (

) * Austen (

) * Austin (

) * Austina (