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 [ 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 is of the meaning 'to increase'. An older form of the name is Augusta (Latin). 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 German names Auguste and Gusti. Other variants of the name include the Finnish, German, and Scandinavian 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 2008. 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 name Acadya, the Czech, English, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Agata, the English, German, and Italian Agatha, the Greek Agathi, the Czech Agáta, the Hungarian Agota, the Hungarian Agotha, the Arabic Aishatu, the Hungarian Ágota, the Slavic Cveta, the Italian Isotta, the English Acadia, the name Acadiah, the name Acadyah, the English Agate, the Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, and Scandinavian Agathe, the Scandinavian Agda, the Portuguese and Spanish Agueda, the Hebrew, English, German, Scandinavian, and Finnish Asta, and the German Auguste. 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)"   |
