AUSTIN  

Gender: M
Origin: English, shortened form of AUGUSTINE

Popularity in 2008: #55

After reaching the Top 10 in the 1990s, this attractive southwestern place-name has been gradually slipping down the list; perhaps done in by the smarmy Austin Powers.

Nicknames & Variations:
Auston, Austyn, Austen, Astin

Austin is being discussed in our message boards:

• Build a sibling set together!
• Opinion/Ideas Needed!!
• Would this be weird?
• Due in a month, narrowed list to top 7...
• siblings for Austin, Sophia, and Brett

Read Nameberry blog posts about Austin:

• GOOD NAMES.... with bad, bad associations
• THE SOFTER SIDE OF BOYS' NAMES
• LITERARY SIB SETS--AS IN AMY, BETH, MEG & JO
• NAMES OF THE NEW WEST
• TOP NAMES OF 2008: EARLY RESULTS