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Austin - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Austin
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. au-(s)tin, aus-t-in ] The boy name Austin is pronounced as AOSTahN KEY. Austin is largely used in the German and English languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. Austin has the meaning august, dignified, holy. Derived from the element 'augustus' which means to increase. Augustinus (Latin) is an original form of Austin. The name initially developed as a medieval short form of the Roman nickname Augustinus. It was later adopted as a surname, which in turn led to the survival and use of Austin as a given name. It later appeared as the name of the key character Dr Austin Sloper in the Henry James short novel Washington Square (1880). The name Austyn (English) is the female equivalent of Austin.

Austen (English), Austyn (English), Awstin (Welsh), Osten (English), and Ostin (English) are variants of Austin.

Austin is a German variant of the name Augustine (English).

Austin is a very popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the peak of its usage in 1995, 1.289% of baby boys were given the name Austin. Its ranking then was #10. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.417% and its ranking #48, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. The name Austin has been predominantly given to boys, though it has also been used as a girl name in the past century. In 1994, boys named Austin outnumbered girls by 97 times.

Baby names that sound like Austin include Austen (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 Austin: 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)"


A famous person named Austin is Fictional Secret Agent, Austin Powers, born 1997.

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