Austin

English, shortened form of Augustine, Latin

"great, magnificent"

By Brynn McKeon

Updated Mon Mar 24 2025

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Austin Origin and Meaning

The name Austin is a boy's name of English origin meaning "great, magnificent".

Austin is one of the most attractive city names for babies, with an appealing southwestern feel and place-name panache.

Austin has been an Anglo-Saxon surname and a first name since medieval times. Austin reached the Top 10 in the 1990s, but in 2022 slipped out of the US Top 100 for boys.

Literary namesakes include Austin Sloper in Henry James' novel Washington Square, and there have been several Austins in soap operas and films.

The Austen spelling is also used fairly evenly for boys and girls, sometimes as an homage to Jane Austen.

# 101 in the US

Austin Rank in US Top 1000

# 184 on Nameberry

Austin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Austin

101US2023
184Nameberry2025
52Canada2023
268Future2028
101England2023
84Scotland2024
40Australia2023
37New Zealand2024

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Famous People Named Austin

Austin Mahone
American pop singer
Austin Robert Butler
American actor
Austin Nichols
American actor
Austin Kirk Collie
American NFL and CFL football player
Austin Richard Post
American musician/rapper "Post Malone"
Austin Stevens
South African photographer and herpetologist
Austin Scarlett
American fashion designer and TV personality
Austin James Rivers
American basketball player
Austin Robert Carlile
former lead singer of American rock band Of Mice & Men
Austin George Carr
American basketball player
(Joseph) Austin Currie
Irish MP
Austin Mincks
brother of American actor Aedin Mincks
Austin Dabney
slave and militiaman in the American Revolutionary War
Austin Marsden Farrer
English theologian and philosopher
Austin Idol
ring name of Mike McCord, American pro wrestler
Austin Aries
ring name of Daniel Healy Solwold Jr., American pro wrestler
Austin Osman Spare
English painter and occultist
Austin Taylor O'Brien
American actor
Austin Johnson
American NFL football player
Austin Vernon Mitchell
English MP
Austin Anthony Corini
lead singer in American band The Tide
(Henry) Austin Brunklacher
American NFL football player
(William) Austin Dickinson
brother to poet Emily Dickinson
Austin Payne (b. 1981)
son of musician Jody Payne of Willie Nelson's Family
Austin Jack Lynch (b. 1982)
son of director David Lynch
Austin Stockwell (b. 1983)
son of actors Dean Stockwell and Millie Perkins
Austin Brown (b. 1985)
son of singer Rebbie Jackson of The Jackson Family and Nathaniel Brown
Austin Lewis (b. 1985)
son of singer Huey Lewis of The News
Austin Williams (b. 1991)
son of singer Christopher Williams and actress Stacey Dash
Austin Collinsworth (b. 1991)
son of NFL player and commentator Cris Collinsworth
Austin Engemann
son of singer Paul Engemann
Austin Ward Sherman (b. 1994)
son of actors Sela Ward and Howard Sherman
Austin Rivera (b. 1994)
son of TV journalist Craig Rivera
Austin Landon
son of actor Michael Landon, Jr.; grandson of actor Michael Landon
Austin Alexander Beatie (b. 2009)
son of trans media personality Thomas Beatie
Austin Carter Akerill (b. 2010)
son of Aubrey Wolters and Brandon Akerill of "16 and Pregnant"
Austin Shepherd "Shep" Padalecki (b. 2013)
son of actors Jared and Genevieve Padalecki

The name Austin in Pop Culture

Austin Powers
comedy film series and its main character
Austin Moon
a main character on TV's "Austin & Ally"
Austin Sloper
character in Henry James' "Washington Square"
Austin
character in "The Backyardigans"
Austin
son of Apollo, character in the Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan
Ostin Liss
character in Richard Paul Evans's Michael Vey series
Steve Austin
main character in Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg and TV's The Six Million Dollar Man
Austin
city in Texas
Austin
city in Minnesota