Augustus

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin augustus = 'great, magnificent, venerable' [1] [2] [3]

Derived from the Latin verb augere = 'to increase'

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See also
Variant forms: Augustinus, Gusti
Female forms: Augusta, Augustina

Further Information

Augustus was the title given to the first Roman emperor Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar

The month of August is named after him

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 10 n.a
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 0 5 60
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 0 0 6
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 4 n.a 26
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Augustus.

Sources: [5] [4] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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