Augustus Forename
Approximately 43,980 people bear this name
Augustus Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin augustus, ‘venerable’, ‘consecrated’. Augustus was adopted as a second name by some of the German princes after the Renaissance in imitation of the Roman emperors, and it soon became an ordinary christian name among them.
Read More About This ForenameAugustus Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 9,983 | 1:17,787 | 1,900 |
| Ghana | 100% | 8,147 | 1:3,312 | 483 |
| United States | 100% | 6,561 | 1:55,256 | 3,005 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Liberia | 98% | 2,387 | 1:1,848 | 297 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,919 | 1:1,502 | 364 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,693 | 1:27,352 | 2,378 |
| Philippines | 100% | 1,552 | 1:68,305 | 4,394 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,406 | 1:29,130 | 2,089 |
| South Africa | 98% | 627 | 1:86,974 | 7,413 |
| England | 100% | 619 | 1:89,827 | 3,512 |
| India | 100% | 439 | 1:2,767,376 | 129,569 |
| Dominica | - | 408 | 1:185 | 40 |
| Namibia | - | 392 | 1:6,133 | 856 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 386 | 1:3,527 | 660 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Brazil | 100% | 330 | 1:649,200 | 19,529 |
| Canada | 100% | 296 | 1:111,937 | 5,429 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Zambia | - | 186 | 1:85,241 | 4,310 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 183 | 1:972 | 152 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 152 | 1:101,472 | 7,331 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 131 | 1:62,231 | 5,981 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 125 | 1:243,600 | 13,264 |
| Indonesia | - | 118 | 1:2,186,133 | 109,629 |
| Grenada | 100% | 99 | 1:1,092 | 213 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 99 | 1:1,127 | 180 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 43 | 1:393,072 | 10,860 |
| Brunei | - | 34 | 1:12,340 | 860 |
| Guyana | 100% | 33 | 1:23,129 | 2,720 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Belgium | 100% | 31 | 1:370,646 | 6,815 |
| Australia | - | 29 | 1:470,952 | 7,713 |
| Gambia | - | 25 | 1:77,064 | 396 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 20 | 1:5,487 | 885 |
| Singapore | 100% | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Germany | 100% | 18 | 1:5,370,993 | 21,319 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Thailand | 98% | 16 | 1:4,379,113 | 86,691 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Wales | 94% | 15 | 1:206,287 | 3,673 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Italy | 100% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Sweden | 100% | 8 | 1:1,232,238 | 22,791 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Norway | - | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Belize | 100% | 3 | 1:118,103 | 5,590 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2 | 1:4,106,748 | 25,883 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Ireland | 98% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
Augustus (10,856) may also be a surname.
Augustus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin augustus, ‘venerable’, ‘consecrated’. Augustus was adopted as a second name by some of the German princes after the Renaissance in imitation of the Roman emperors, and it soon became an ordinary christian name among them.It was introduced into England by the Hanoverians and was popular in the 19th C. It was often shortened to Gus or Gussy in familiar use. August is common in German and Auguste in French.
Though now, in the British Empire, held somewhat pompous, it is an imperial name of considerable sonority: it appears pretentious only when it is set in juxta-position to Bill and Jack and Tom. This was the agnomen conferred on Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus,—who (63 B. C. -14 A. D.) was the nephew of Julius Caesar and the first Roman emperor (27 B. C.—14 A. D.),—by a Senate anxious to avoid offending the citizens with rex. Its etymology is problematic, but probably it derives from Latin augere (‘to increase’) or from the Teutonic œge, awe: Augustus may be interpreted as ‘hedged with majesty’. (Harvey; Yonge.)
The Latin name, signifying ‘venerable, divine.’
Latin (masculine) - Increasing.
Aw-gus'-tus, increased, majestic. Emperor of Rome, and successor of Julius C sar. This is the emperor who appointed the enrolment mentioned Luke ii. 1, which obliged Joseph and the Virgin Mary to go to Bethlehem, the place where Jesus was born.
Meaning: (1) radiant (in Luke 2:1 only): (2) venerable.
A Latin name, meaning: Revered: exalted: imperial.
User-submitted Reference
This name originates from the Latin word augustus, which means 'holy', 'sacred', 'great', 'venerable'. It was constantly used as a title of maximum ascension in Rome as given to the first Roman emperor Caio Otávio. Currently it is commonly used as a compound name, that is, accompanied by another name.
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