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Austen - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Austen
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. au-(s)ten, aus-t-en ] The boy name Austen is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AOSTahN KEY. Austen is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Latin origins. Austen is a variant of the name Austin (German and English).

Austen is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1995, 0.027% of baby boys were given the name Austen. Its ranking then was #419. The baby name has since substantially declined in popularity, and is today of infrequent use. In 2007, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Austen, Austin (German and English) was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Austen include Austin (German and English), Austyn (English), Ashton (English), Awstin (Welsh), Eistein (Scandinavian), Ostin (English), Agoston (Hungarian), Agustin (Spanish), Agustín (Spanish), Augustin (Czech, English, French, German, and Romanian), Augustine (English), Augustín (Czech and Slavic), Augustyn (Polish), Ágoston (Hungarian), Agostinho (Portuguese), Agostino (Italian), Augustijn (Dutch), and Ághaistín (Irish).

KEY: Pronunciation for Austen: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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