Augustus: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced aw-GUS-tuhs · 3 syllables

Augustus means “great, venerable”, from Latin.

From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august and August.

How popular is Augustus?

Augustus was the #407 name in the US in 2025, given to 783 babies. It’s rising: up 65% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1880.

Babies named Augustus in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1880).

Half of US adults named Augustus are older than 34; most are between 19 and 83. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Augustus have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Augustus means “great, venerable”. It comes from Latin.

Augustus is pronounced aw-GUS-tuhs.

Augustus was the #407 name in the US in 2025, given to 783 babies. It’s rising: up 65% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1880.

Half of US adults named Augustus are older than 34. Most are between 19 and 83.