Augustine

What Augustine means

Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”

Doublet of Austin || From Middle English Austin, from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, similar to Old French Aostin, Austin, a popular variant of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus (literally “majestic”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Augustine” (revision 92510175) and “Austin” (revision 94534595), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Augustine?

US: Rising: up from #815 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2707 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 549 boys got the name (#545 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,111 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 20,918 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), SD (1.3 per 1,000 boys), KS (1.07 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Augustine is #545 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.5% of US babies named Augustine were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Agustin245 US · 4 E&W
• Augustin93 US · 13 E&W
• Augustyn8 US
• Agustine5 US
• Augusten5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Augustine

Boys

• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025

For a sister

• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Flora#607Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,337 in 2015, #607 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Augustine’s. Rank is US 2025.