August name - Meaning of August

August name - Meaning of August

Gender

Masculine

Lucky Number

8

Usage

German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English, Latin

Pronounced

OW-guwst (German, Polish) , AW-gəst (English)

August Meaning

German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of Augustus. August is a variant of Augustus. Augustus originates in Latin language and means "exalted". This was the name of the first emperor of the Roman Empire. As a masculine given name it sounds rather old-fashioned in modern times and is rarely used.

August Related Names
Diminutive: Gus (English)
Feminine Forms: Augusta, Auguste (German), Augusta (Polish), Augusta (English)
Other Languages: Augustus (Ancient Roman), Augustus, Guus (Dutch), Aukusti, Aku, Kusti (Finnish), Auguste (French), Augusto (Italian), Augusts (Latvian), Augustas (Lithuanian), Augusto (Portuguese), Avgust (Russian), Avgust (Slovene), Augusto (Spanish), Avgust (Ukrainian)

August Celebrities
August Macke - artist, August Wilson - playwright,