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.
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