August (name)

August is a male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

Latin Augustus 'the exalted'

The month of August was named after the Roman emperor Augustus .

name day

Name day is August 28th (St. Augustine )

variants

Male

Augustine
French : Auguste
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese : Augusto , Agostino
Latin : Augustus , Gustinus , Augustinus
Dutch : Austen , Guus , Augustijn, Stijn
English : Austin
Slovenian : Avgust
Sorbian : Hawštyn , Awgust
Spanish : Agustín
Hungarian : Ágoston

Abbreviations Gustel, Gustl, Gusti, Auggie, Archie, Aggu

Female

Augusta , see there for variants.

Agustina

Well-known namesake

Rulers' names

August (1526–1586), Elector of Saxony, reign (1553–1586)
August II , King of Poland, also as Friedrich August I the Strong Elector of Saxony (1670–1733)
August III. , King of Poland, also as Friedrich August II., Elector of Saxony (1696–1763)
August I. (Oldenburg) (1783-1853), Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Friedrich August (Oldenburg, Grand Duke) (1852–1931), Grand Duke
August I. (Braunschweig-Lüneburg) (1568–1636), Duke
August II (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) (1579–1666), Prince
August (Anhalt-Plötzkau) (1575–1653), Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau
August (Pfalz-Sulzbach) (1582–1632), Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Sulzbach
August (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) , Duke (1722–1822)
August (Sachsen-Merseburg-Zörbig) (1655–1715), Duke of Sachsen-Merseburg-Zörbig
August (Sachsen-Weißenfels) (1614–1680), Duke of Sachsen-Weißenfels-Querfurt
August (Sachsen-Lauenburg) (1577–1656), Duke
August (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg-Plön) (1635–1699), Duke
August Christian (Anhalt-Köthen) (1769–1812), Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (1663–1735), Count
August Wilhelm (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) (1662–1731), Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg and Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
August Wilhelm (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern) (1715–1781), Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern and Prussian general
August Wilhelm of Prussia (1722–1758) , Prussian prince and general
August Wilhelm von Prussia (1887–1949) , Prussian prince and SA-Obergruppenführer

First name

August Ames (1994-2017), Canadian porn actress
August Auinger (* 1955), Austrian motorcycle racer
August Bebel (1840–1913), German politician
August von Bechmann (1834–1907), German university professor
August Bier (1861–1949), German surgeon and university professor
August Born (1923–1998), German politician (EEC)
August Burkei (1922–2009), German civil engineer
August Chełkowski (1927–1999), Polish physicist and politician
August Egbert von Derschau (1845–1883), German lawyer and novelist
August Diehl (* 1976), German actor
August Eskelinen (1898–1987), Finnish skier
August Everding (1928–1999), German director and general manager
August von Goethe (1789–1830), Weimar court official and son of Goethe
August Heinrich (1794–1822), German painter, see Johann August Heinrich
August Heinrich (fossil collector) (1859–1926), Austrian doctor and fossil collector
August Heinrich (actor) (1881–1965), German actor and writer
August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), German theologian
August Froehlich (1891–1942), German Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighter and martyr
August Harlacher (1842–1907), German tenor and opera director
August Hlond (1881–1948), Polish cardinal, Primate of Poland
August Hobl (* 1931), German motorcycle racer
August Horch (1868–1951) German mechanical engineer and founder of the automotive companies Horch and Audi
August Howaldt (1809–1883), North German engineer and entrepreneur
August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814), German actor
August von Kotzebue (1761-1819), German playwright
August Lenz (banker) (1905–1960), German banker
August Lenz (soccer player) (1910–1988), German soccer player
August Macke (1887–1914), German painter
August Momberger (1905–1969), German racing car driver and engineer
August Pepöck (1887–1967), Austrian composer and conductor
August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835), German poet
August Prüssing (1896–1967), German engineer
August Sander (1876–1964), German photographer
August Spies (journalist) (1855–1887), German-American journalist and labor leader
August Spies (politician) (1893–1972), German politician
August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), German writer
August Zirner (* 1956), American-Austrian actor

family name

Alba August (* 1993), Swedish-Danish actress
Amadeus August (1942–1992), German actor
Anders Frithiof August (* 1978), Danish screenwriter
Bernd August (1952–1988), German boxer
Bille August (* 1948), Danish film and television director
David August , German DJ and music producer
Ernst Ferdinand August (1795–1870), German physicist
Georg August von Auenfels (1773-1852), Austrian major general
Gregg August (* ≈1975), American jazz musician
Heribert August (* 1947), German pastor
Jochen August (* 1954), German Holocaust researcher
John August (* 1970), American journalist and screenwriter
Joseph H. August (1890–1947), American cameraman
Marlon August (* 1982), South African judoka
Oskar August (1911–1985), German geographer and historian
Paul August (1906–1980), German artist
Peter August ( Pietro Augusto ; 1726–1787), composer (for example for the Gallichon ) and organist
Pernilla August (* 1958), Swedish actress
Solveig August (* 1969), German actress