August: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “venerable, majestic”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- AW-gust · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (91% of all uses)
From the Roman title Augustus, derived from Latin augere 'to increase' and associated with reverence. Used as both a given name and month name.
How popular is August?
Babies named August in 20244,166
2024 rank#88 boys
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188070,192
August is rising: use over the last five years is 3.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like August
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
August questions
What does the name August mean?
August means "venerable, majestic". It comes from Latin. From the Roman title Augustus, derived from Latin augere 'to increase' and associated with reverence. Used as both a given name and month name.
Is August a boy or girl name?
August is mainly a boy's name in US records (92% of uses since 1880).
How popular is August?
4,166 US babies were named August in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce August?
August is usually pronounced AW-gust.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.