Avgust is a male

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Russian name

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, Avgust (russian: А́вгуст or ) is a male given name.Superanskaya p. 21 Its feminine versions are

Avgusta Avgusta (russian: А́вгуста or ) is a Russian Christian first name,Superanskaya, p. 250 the female form of the male first name Avgust.Petrovsky, p. 32 It is derived from the Latin word ''Augusta'', meaning ''sacred'', and was used ...

Petrovsky, p. 32 and

Avgustina Avgustina (russian: Августи́на) is an uncommon Russian female first name.Nikonov, p. 63 Its masculine versions are AvgustinPetrovsky, p. 32 and Avgust. The name is derived from the Latin word ''augustus'', which means ''majestic ...

.Nikonov, p. 63 The name is derived from the

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word ''augustus'', which means ''majestic'', but originally meant ''devoted to an

augur An augur was a priest and official in the classical Roman world. His main role was the practice of augury, the interpretation of the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds. Determinations were based upon whether they were flying i ...

'' (a priest who practiced

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, interpreting the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds). The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official

Synod A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...

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at the end of the 19th century.Superanskaya pp. 22, 23, and 31 In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars, which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.

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. Елена Душечкина.
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Its

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s include Ava (), Gutya (), Gusta (), Gustya (), and Gustey ().Superanskaya p. 31 The

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s derived from "Avgust" are "" (''Avgustovich''; masculine) and "" (''Avgustovna''; feminine). "Avgust" is also a colloquial form of the given name

Avgustin Avgustin (russian: Августи́н) is a Russian male first name.Petrovsky, p. 32 Its feminine version is Avgustina. The name is derived from the Latin word ''augustus'', which means ''majestic'', ''sacred''. Its colloquial form is Avgust () ...

People with the name

Avgust Černigoj Avgust Černigoj, also known in Italian as Augusto Cernigoi (August 24, 1898 – November 17, 1985), was a Yugoslav-era Slovenian painter known for his avant-garde experiments in Constructivism. Biography He was born in Trieste, to a Sloven ...

(1898–1985), Slovenian/Yugoslavian painter, avant-garde experimenter in Constructivism *

Avgust Demšar Tomaž Zupančič, better known under his pen name Avgust Demšar, (born 1962 in Maribor) is a Slovenian writer who specialises in detective fiction Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigato ...

, (born 1962), Slovenian detective fiction writer *

Avgust Ipavec Avgust Ipavec (born 2 June 1940 in Gorizia) is a Slovenian composer and priest. He graduated from the Music Academy in Ljubljana in 1974. See also *List of Slovenian composers List of Slovenian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: ...

(born 1940), Slovenian composer and priest *Avgust Pavel, Slovenian spelling of the name of

Ágoston Pável Ágoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel (28 August 1886, Cankova, Kingdom of Hungary, today in Slovenia – 2 January 1946, Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian. Ed ...

(born 1886), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist, and historian *

Avgust Pirjevec Avgust Pirjevec (28 September 1887 – 9 December 1943) was a Slovene literary scholar, lexicographer, and librarian. Biography Pirjevec was born in a Slovene-speaking family in Gorizia, a town in the Austrian Littoral (now part of Italy). ...

(1887–1944), Slovene literary scholar, lexicographer, and librarian *

Avgust Tsivolko Avgust Karlovich Tsivolko, also spelled as Tsivolka ( pl, August Cywolka, russian: link=no, Август Карлович Циволько) (1810 – March 28 ( O.S. March 16), 1839) was a Russian navigator and Arctic explorer. In 1834–1835, ...

(1810–1839), Russian navigator and Arctic explorer

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*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. *В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (''Looking for a Name''). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. * А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. * А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{ISBN, 5-699-14090-5 Russian masculine given names Slovene masculine given names sl:Avgust