Augustine

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Augustine

Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Language: English, French
Etymology:
Augustine is the English form of Augustinius, from Augustus. Augustus is a Latin word for “Venerable,” “Consecrated,” “Majestic,” or “Grandeur.” It comes from “augere” (to increase).

History:
Although Augustine belonged to St. Augustine (the first Archbishop of Canterbury), the man responsible for converting Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity, the name was not found in England before the Norman Invasion of 1066. Afterwards, it became common, often in the contracted form of Austin.

Augustine, as Austen, declined after the Reformation, surviving only as a transferred surname.

The full, learned form of Augustine was revived by the Tractarian religious movement of the 19th century, but it never caught on.

Pronunciation: ogg-uss-teen.

Diminutives:
English: Austen, Austin, Auston, Austyn.

Alternates (male):
French: Augustin.
German: Augustin.
Italian: Augostino.
Latin: Augustinius, Augustinus.
Polish: Augustyn.
Portuguese: Augostinho.
Russian: Avustin.
Spanish: Augustín, Agustin, Agostin.

Alternates (female): Augustina, Augusteen.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Augustin Pajou (1730-1809)
French sculptor.
Augustin Daly (1838-1899)
American playwright.
Agustín Yáñez (1904-1980)
Mexican novelist.
Augustine A. Mandino (1923-1996)
American author.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Augustine Baker (1575-1641)
English theologian.
Augustin Thierry (1795-1856)
French historian.

Places:
Saint Augustine
Florida.

Political Figures:
Agustín de Iturbide (1783-1824)
A Mexican military leader who was briefly emperor of Mexico.
Augustine Birrell (1850-1933)
English politician in Ireland.
Agustín Pedro Justo (1876-1943)
President of Argentina.

Religious Figures:
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
A great writer and thinker.
Saint Augustine of Canterbury (?-604)
First Archbishop of Canterbury.

Scientists and Inventors:
Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (1778-1841)
Swiss botanist.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788-1827)
French physicist.
Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy (1789-1857)
French mathematician.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census, for males:
0.015 % named Agustin
0.007 % named Augustine

Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census, for females:
0.003 % named Augustine
0.003 % named Agustina
0.002 % named Augustina

Popularity of Augustine, for males:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 652nd most popular.
1910-1920: 567th most popular.
1920-1930: 532nd most popular.
1930-1940: 602nd most popular.
1940-1950: 631st most popular.
1950-1960: 810th most popular.
1960-1970: 876th most popular.
1970-1980: N/A
1980-1990: 912th most popular.
1990-2000: N/A

Popularity of Agustin, for males:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 553rd most popular.
1910-1920: 589th most popular.
1920-1930: 517th most popular.
1930-1940: 437th most popular.
1940-1950: 542nd most popular.
1950-1960: 555th most popular.
1960-1970: 678th most popular.
1970-1980: 642nd most popular.
1980-1990: 633rd most popular.
1990: 555th most popular.
1991: 544th most popular.
1992: 538th most popular.
1993: 568th most popular.
1994: 558th most popular.
1995: 618th most popular.
1996: 590th most popular.
1997: 597th most popular.
1998: 643rd most popular.
1999: 606th most popular.
2000: 578th most popular.
2001: 560th most popular.
2002: 599th most popular.
2003: 648th most popular.

Popularity of Augustin:
Popularity (for newborns):
In France...
1900: 63rd most popular.
1910: 68th most popular.
1920: 69th most popular.
1930: 100th most popular.
1940: 128th most popular.
1950: 182nd most popular.
1951-1990: N/A
1994: 182nd most popular.
2000: 113th most popular.

Popularity of Augustine, for females:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 942nd most popular.
1910-1920: 964th most popular.
1920-1930: 942nd most popular.
1930-1940: 995th most popular.
1940-2000: N/A

In France...
1900: 34th most popular.
1910: 46th most popular.
1920: 67th most popular.
1930: 119th most popular.
1939: 185th most popular.
1940-2000: N/A

Popularity of Agustina:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: N/A
1910-1920: 981st most popular.
1920-2000: N/A