Augusta Forename
4,838th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 216,489 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Augusta Forename Definition:
A female name. form of Augustus (q.v.), first used by the German princes who had taken to using Augustus in the 16th C. It was introduced into England by the Hanoverians (one of George III’s daughters was named Augusta Sophia) and became common in the 19th C, often shortened to Gussie.
Read More About This ForenameAugusta Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 82,962 | 1:2,140 | 400 |
| Angola | 100% | 38,329 | 1:704 | 148 |
| Brazil | 100% | 27,594 | 1:7,764 | 940 |
| Italy | 100% | 12,335 | 1:4,950 | 452 |
| United States | 85% | 7,853 | 1:46,165 | 2,660 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 7,104 | 1:998 | 219 |
| Peru | 100% | 4,808 | 1:6,612 | 897 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,708 | 1:7,278 | 786 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,447 | 1:3,333 | 603 |
| Portugal | - | 3,072 | 1:3,389 | 324 |
| France | 100% | 1,370 | 1:48,518 | 1,491 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,324 | 1:39,870 | 3,184 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,024 | 1:29,494 | 2,141 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,018 | 1:17,413 | 1,090 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,018 | 1:8,008 | 826 |
| Argentina | 100% | 920 | 1:46,493 | 1,371 |
| South Africa | 99% | 904 | 1:60,324 | 5,850 |
| Germany | 100% | 713 | 1:135,593 | 2,505 |
| England | 100% | 667 | 1:83,363 | 3,335 |
| Mexico | 100% | 650 | 1:190,991 | 3,500 |
| Cape Verde | - | 614 | 1:862 | 138 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 485 | 1:44,558 | 3,021 |
| Haiti | 100% | 482 | 1:22,255 | 1,814 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 417 | 1:25,423 | 1,564 |
| Austria | 100% | 339 | 1:25,116 | 1,037 |
| India | 90% | 333 | 1:3,648,282 | 155,361 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 318 | 1:25,829 | 1,599 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 301 | 1:24,043 | 1,393 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 284 | 1:36,730 | 2,763 |
| Colombia | 67% | 266 | 1:179,620 | 4,455 |
| Romania | 100% | 251 | 1:79,888 | 3,797 |
| Chile | 100% | 247 | 1:71,284 | 2,132 |
| Liberia | 94% | 227 | 1:19,436 | 1,364 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 225 | 1:853 | 143 |
| Philippines | 99% | 217 | 1:488,523 | 16,441 |
| Canada | 100% | 215 | 1:154,109 | 6,534 |
| Namibia | - | 202 | 1:11,902 | 1,355 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 198 | 1:1,302,847 | 75,170 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 136 | 1:39,045 | 683 |
| Spain | 100% | 126 | 1:369,285 | 5,486 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 120 | 1:140,851 | 6,243 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 115 | 1:140,073 | 2,583 |
| Cuba | - | 110 | 1:104,605 | 2,079 |
| Sweden | 100% | 109 | 1:90,440 | 4,012 |
| Latvia | 100% | 106 | 1:19,016 | 890 |
| Norway | 100% | 91 | 1:56,399 | 2,226 |
| Czechia | 100% | 80 | 1:133,202 | 1,308 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 79 | 1:385,442 | 18,204 |
| Israel | 98% | 77 | 1:109,129 | 4,558 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 72 | 1:255,270 | 10,638 |
| Uganda | 76% | 69 | 1:593,579 | 12,776 |
| Denmark | - | 68 | 1:83,081 | 2,579 |
| Greenland | - | 65 | 1:867 | 198 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 59 | 1:102,006 | 3,533 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 57 | 1:3,120 | 565 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 48 | 1:480,749 | 18,147 |
| Benin | 100% | 47 | 1:225,018 | 10,222 |
| Panama | 100% | 38 | 1:102,804 | 5,057 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Croatia | 100% | 25 | 1:168,683 | 3,219 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 25 | 1:54,457 | 4,742 |
| Australia | - | 24 | 1:569,068 | 8,566 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 24 | 1:642,659 | 26,560 |
| Thailand | 100% | 23 | 1:3,046,340 | 70,930 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 23 | 1:149,028 | 3,201 |
| Honduras | 100% | 22 | 1:400,794 | 6,774 |
| Senegal | 94% | 22 | 1:662,789 | 7,565 |
| Ireland | 98% | 21 | 1:221,120 | 3,947 |
| Congo | 68% | 21 | 1:238,534 | 6,383 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Russia | 100% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| San Marino | 100% | 14 | 1:2,351 | 313 |
| Kenya | - | 13 | 1:3,562,085 | 22,986 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 12 | 1:245,990 | 2,023 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 11 | 1:511,597 | 6,402 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 10 | 1:632 | 157 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6 | 1:794,658 | 9,692 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Micronesia | - | 3 | 1:35,500 | 1,253 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Singapore | 100% | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Augusta (9,952) may also be a surname.
Augusta Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. form of Augustus (q.v.), first used by the German princes who had taken to using Augustus in the 16th C. It was introduced into England by the Hanoverians (one of George III’s daughters was named Augusta Sophia) and became common in the 19th C, often shortened to Gussie. It is now quite out of fashion.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Thef. of Augustus. It has retained its regal associations and its aristocratic status.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The female form of Augustus.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Increasing.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Revered.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Augusta Forename Popularity
Augusta Demographics
Augusta Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,513 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Augusta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta in the Russian language | ||
| Аугуста | augusta | - |
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