# Augustine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/augustine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈɡʌstɪn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Augustin |
| US babies named this | 20,006 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,164 / 3,842 (19% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 226, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Augustīnus, derivative of Augustus. Doublet of Austin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,692 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,628 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,768 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,751 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,149 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,015 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,846 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5,639 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,197 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,116 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,628 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,686 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,013 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,827 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,839 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 156 | 1,153 |
| 2012 | 199 | 1,001 |
| 2013 | 209 | 955 |
| 2014 | 220 | 960 |
| 2015 | 278 | 815 |
| 2016 | 336 | 728 |
| 2017 | 300 | 784 |
| 2018 | 306 | 765 |
| 2019 | 334 | 728 |
| 2020 | 352 | 711 |
| 2021 | 454 | 613 |
| 2022 | 450 | 621 |
| 2023 | 453 | 619 |
| 2024 | 543 | 547 |
| 2025 | 549 | 545 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ավգուստինոս
- Catalan: Agustí
- Chinese: 奧古斯丁 /奥古斯丁, 奧斯定 /奥斯定
- Czech: Augustýn
- Dutch: Augustinus
- Esperanto: Aŭgusteno
- Finnish: Augustinus
- French: Augustin
- German: Augustin
- Greek: Αυγουστίνος
- Hungarian: Ágoston
- Irish: Agaistín
- Italian: Agostino
- Polish: Augustyn
- Portuguese: Agostinho
- Russian: Августи́н
- Spanish: Augustín, Agustín
- Swedish: Augustinus
- Ukrainian: Августи́н
- Vietnamese: Augustinô, Âu Tinh

## People named Augustine

- Augustine Washington, (1694-1743) British-American planter, slave owner, and the father of George Washington
- Augustine Birrell, British politician (1850-1933)
- Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
- Augustine Tolton, American priest (1854–1897)
- Augustine Rubit, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Joseph Augustine Di Noia, American Dominican friar and archbishop
- Augustine Grimaldi, French bishop (1482-1532)
- Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte, French poet and writer (1830–1897)
- Augustine Webster, English martyr
- Augustine Ejangue, Association footballer
- Augustine Brohan, French actress
- Augustine Susanne Brohan, French actress (1807–1887)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.