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theologian and

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. In both the vulgar of French and English used in the High Middle Ages, the name was frequently shortened to or pronounced as ''Aoustin'' or ''

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

'' respectively. For the latter, usage is attested at least back to the time of Chaucer. Within the United States, both Augustine and Austin have additionally been used for girls.Behind the Name (Austin)
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Agustín Agustín is a Spanish given name and sometimes a surname. It is related to Augustín. People with the name include: Given name * Agustín (footballer), Spanish footballer * Agustín Calleri (born 1976), Argentine tennis player * Agustín Cár ...

'', was the most popular name given to baby boys born in Uruguay in 2006 and in Chile in 2012 and 2013. ''Agustina'', the Spanish feminine, was the third most popular name used for girls born in Uruguay in 2006 and was the fifth most popular name for baby girls born in Buenos Aires in 2006, as well as the tenth most popular in Chile in 2014. La Nación
Santiago y Sofía, los nombres más elegidos en 2006 por los porteños

Masculine variants

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

Mirandese The Mirandese language ( mwl, mirandés, links=no or ''lhéngua mirandesa''; pt, mirandês or ) is an Astur-Leonese language or language variety that is sparsely spoken in a small area of northeastern Portugal in Terra de Miranda (made up of th ...

) * Agostín ( Aragonese) * Agostin (

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

) * Agostinho ( Portuguese) * Agostini (

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

) * Agostiño ( Galician) * Agostino ( Italian) * Ágoston ( Hungarian) * Águistín ( Irish) * 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 ...

) *

( Asturian, Spanish) * Agustin ( Basque, Piedmontese, Tagalog) * Ágústínus ( Icelandic) * Agusztav ( Hungarian) * Aibhistín ( Irish) * Aksnes ( Norwegian) * Aogustin (

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally ** Breton people ** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Ga ...

) * Aostin ( Ligurian) * Aoustin ( Old French) * Août (

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

) * 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 **Ger ...

) * Aŭgusteno (

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

) * Augustijn ( Dutch) * Augustin ( Croatian, 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 ance ...

, Faroese, Finnish,

, Norwegian,

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, traditional ...

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 ( Czech, Slovakian) * Augustinas (

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

) * Augustine (

, English, Finnish, Norwegian,

) * Augustinô ( Vietnamese) * Augustīns ( Latvian) * Augustinus ( Latin,

, Finnish,

, Javanese, Norwegian,

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

) * Augustînus ( Kurdish ( Hawar)) * Augustýn ( Czech, Slovakian) * Augustyn (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

) * Aukusti ( Finnish) * Austen ( English) *

( English, Old French,

, Finnish, Norwegian,

) * Austinu ( Corsican, Sardinian, Sicilian) * Austyn ( English) * 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 Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (disambiguation) * Azeri (disambiguation) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan The culture of Azerbaijan ...

) * Awstin (

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

) * Eosten (

) * Ogustin Walloon) * Oistín ( Irish) * Wistin (

Maltese Maltese may refer to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to Malta * Maltese alphabet * Maltese cuisine * Maltese culture * Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people * Maltese people, people from Malta or of Malte ...

) * Αυγουστίνος (Augoustínos, Av̱goustínos) ( Greek) * 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 Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, Russian,

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

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 Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

) * 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 ( Kurdish ( Sorani)) * أوغستين ( Arabic) * آگوستین ( Persian) * آگسٹین ( Urdu) * אוגוסטינוס ( Hebrew) * ኦግስቲን (

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

) * अगस्टाइन (Agasṭā'ina) ( Hindi) * अगस्टिनले (Agasṭinalē) (

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

) * ਆਗਸ੍ਟੀਨ آگسٹین (Āgasṭīna) (

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

) * ઓગસ્ટિન (Ōgasṭina) ( Gujarati) * அகஸ்டின் (Akasṭiṉ) ( Tamil) * അഗസ്റ്റിൻ ( Malayalam) * ഓസ്റ്റിൻ ( Malayalam) * ఆగష్టీటియన్ (Āgaṣṭīṭiyan) (

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

) * ಅಗಸ್ಟೀನ್ (Agasṭīn) ( Kannada) * ဩဂတ်စတင်း (

Burmese Burmese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia * Burmese people * Burmese language * Burmese alphabet * Burmese cuisine * Burmese culture Animals * Burmese cat * Burmese chicken * Burmese (hor ...

) * ออกัสติน (Xxkạs̄tin) (

Thai Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block ...

) * アウグスティヌス (Augusutinusu) ( Japanese) * 아우구스티누스 (Augustinus) ( Korean) * 奥古斯丁 (Àogǔsīdīng) ( Chinese Traditional and Simplified)

Diminutive and pet forms

* Agus (Spanish) * Aku ( Finnish) * Augie ( English) * Auke ( Frisian) * Dino ( Italian, Croatian) * Gucio (

) * Gus ( English,

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

) * Gusta ( Czech, Slovak) * Gustin (

) * Gutek (

) * Guus ( Dutch) * Kusti ( Finnish) * Stijn ( Dutch) * Tauno ( Finnish) * Tijn ( Dutch) * Tin ( Croatian) * Tincho ( Basque) * Tino ( Spanish) * Tintin (

)

Feminine variants

* Aggustiina ( Greenlandic)http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Augustina Nordic Names * Agostinha ( Portuguese) * Agustina ( Spanish) * Ágústína ( Icelandic) * Agostina ( Italian) * Agostiña ( Galician) * Akustiina ( Finnish) * 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 a ...

) * Augustina ( Latin,

, Norwegian,

) * Augustîna ( Greenlandic) * Augustine (

, Faroese, Finnish,

, Greenlandic, Norwegian,

) * Augustia ( English) * Augustiina ( Finnish) * Augustyna (

) * Austen ( English) * Austin ( English) * Austina ( English) * Austine ( English) * Austyn ( English) * Austyna ( English) * Austyne ( English) * Avgustîna ( Greenlandic)

Diminutive and pet forms

* Auga (

) * Dina ( English, Italian) * Gussie ( English) * Gusta ( Dutch) * Guusje ( Dutch) * Stina (

, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Norwegian,

) * Tina (

, English, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Norwegian, Spanish,

) * Agus (Spanish)

References

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