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Augusta - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Augusta
 
 

 



[ 3 syll. au-gus-ta, aug-u-sta ] The girl name Augusta is pronounced ahGAHSTah KEY. Augusta is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English, German, and Italian. The name Augusta means 'august, dignified, holy'. Derived from the word augustus which has the meaning 'to increase'. An old form of the name is the Latin Augusta. The name was in the past usually given to female members of royal families, as Roman emperors were traditionally called Augustus. The name was later borne by Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), who married Frederick Prince of Wales, and popularized the name among English speakers. The name was commonly used at the end of the 19th century. Augusta is the feminine version of the English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian August.

Forms of Augusta include the Italian Agostina, the German Auguste, the English and German Augustina, and the English, French, and German Augustine. Other variants of the name include the German pet form Asta and the English pet form Gussie.

Augusta is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.088% of baby girls were named Augusta. It had a ranking of #185 then. The baby name has markedly slipped in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. Within all girl names in its family, Augusta was nevertheless the most popular in 2007. Augusta has mainly been a girl name, although in the last century it has also been used for boys. There were 6 times more girls than boys who were named Augusta in 1909.

Baby names that sound like Augusta include the Czech, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Agata, the English, German, and Italian Agatha, the Czech Agáta, the Arabic Aishatu, the Hungarian Ágota, the Italian Isotta, the Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Agathe, the Scandinavian Agda, the Spanish Agueda, the German and Scandinavian Asta, the German Auguste, the Spanish Águeda, the Scandinavian Ågot, and the Scandinavian Åsta.

KEY: Pronunciation for Augusta: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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