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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 spelling of the name Austin (English and German).

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 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Austen, Austin (English and German) was the most commonly used. Austen has predominantly been a boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Austen include Austin (English and German), Austyn (English), Ajdin (Slavic), Ashtin (English), Ashton (English), Aston (English), Awstin (Welsh), Eistein (Scandinavian), Ogdan (English), Ogden (English), Ogdon (English), Ostin (English), Agatón (Spanish), Agoston (Hungarian), Agustin (Spanish), Agustín (Spanish), Aktaion (Greek), Augustin (Czech, English, French, German, and Romanian), Augustine (English), and Augustín (Czech and Slavic).

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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