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. Saint Augustine of Hippo was a significant early

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and

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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 Spanish 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) * 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) * 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 ...

) * Agustín ( Asturian, Spanish) * Agustin ( Basque,

Piedmontese Piedmontese (; autonym: or , in it, piemontese) is a language spoken by some 2,000,000 people mostly in Piedmont, northwestern region of Italy. Although considered by most linguists a separate language, in Italy it is often mistakenly regard ...

Tagalog Tagalog may refer to: Language * Tagalog language, a language spoken in the Philippines ** Old Tagalog, an archaic form of the language ** Batangas Tagalog, a dialect of the language * Tagalog script, the writing system historically used for Tagal ...

) * Ágústínus ( Icelandic) * Agusztav ( Hungarian) * Aibhistín ( Irish) * Aksnes ( Norwegian) * 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 intelligi ...

) * 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 Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

, Czech, Danish, Faroese, Finnish,

, Norwegian, Romanian,

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 ( Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian,

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

, Danish, 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) * Aukusti ( Finnish) * Austen ( English) * Austin ( English,

, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian,

) * Austinu ( Corsican, Sardinian, Sicilian) * Austyn ( English) * Avguštin ( Slovenian) * 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 peopl ...

) * Eosten ( Breton) * 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 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,

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) * 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) * ئۆگەستین ( Kurdish (

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)) * أوغستين (

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) * آگوستین ( Persian) * آگسٹین (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

) * אוגוסטינוס (

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) * ኦግስቲን ( Amharic) * अगस्टाइन (Agasṭā'ina) (

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) * 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 (

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) * ഓസ്റ്റിൻ (

) * 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) (

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) * 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) * アウグスティヌス (Augusutinusu) ( Japanese) * 아우구스티누스 (Augustinus) (

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

) * 奥古斯丁 (Àogǔsīdīng) ( Chinese Traditional and Simplified)

Diminutive and pet forms

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

) * Gucio ( Polish) * 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 ( Polish) * Guus ( Dutch) * Kusti ( Finnish) * Stijn ( Dutch) * Tauno ( Finnish) * Tijn ( Dutch) * Tin (

) * 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 ...

) * Augustina (

, Danish, Norwegian, Romanian,

) * Augustîna ( Greenlandic) * Augustine ( Danish, Faroese, Finnish,

, Greenlandic, Norwegian,

) * Augustia ( English) * Augustiina ( Finnish) * Augustyna ( Polish) * 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 ( Danish, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Norwegian,

) * Tina ( Danish, English, Finnish, Faroese, Greenlandic, Norwegian, Spanish,

) * Agus (Spanish)

References

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