August

German form of Latin Augustus

"great, magnificent"

August Origin and Meaning

The name August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "great, magnificent".

August has been heating up in Hollywood – used by Mariska Hargitay, Lena Olin, Dave Matthews and Jeanne Tripplehorn for their sons, and is rapidly becoming the preferred month of the year for boys' names. The month of August was named after the Emperor Augustus.

August has two august literary namesakes: the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (it has always been a popular name in Scandinavia), and August Wilson, as well as photographer August Sander.

The French version is Auguste (ow-GOOST), as in Edgar Allan Poe's clever detective Auguste Dupin and famed sculptor Auguste Rodin.

# 167 in the US

August Rank in US Top 2000

August Popularity

167US2019
77Nameberry2020
741England2019
435Germany2016
32Sweden2019
10620282028
9Denmark2019

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Famous People Named August

August MannsGerman,British musical conductor of the Crystal Palace
August WilsonAmerican playwright
August StrindbergSwedish playwright
August DiehlGerman actor
August von KotzebueGerman writer
August Floyd CoppolaAmerican author and film executive; father of Nicolas Cage
August Oetkerfounder of the Dr. Oetker baking company
August AlsinaR&B Singer
August MaturoAmerican child actor
August ThyssenGerman businessman
August Manning Weatherlyson of actor Michael Weatherly

August William Sylkson of actress Denise Crosby and Ken Sylk
August Tripplehorn Orserson of actress Jeanne Tripplehorn and Leland Orser
August Christopher Crane (b. 2004)son of actors Matt Crane and Robin Christopher
August James May (b. 2005)son of comedian Ralphie May
August Miklos Friedrich Hermann (b. 2006)son of actors Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
August Oliver Matthews (b. 2007)son of singer Dave Matthews
August Bonner (b. 2012)son of basketball player Matt Bonner
August Jones (b. 2014)son of baseball player Adam Jones
August "Gus" Scheer (b. 2014)son of actors June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer

August in Pop Culture

"August Rush" film and its main character
August "Auggie" Pullmanmain character in "Wonder" by RJ Palacio
August "Auggie" Andersoncharacter in "Covert Affairs"
August Rosenbluthcharacter in "Water for Elephants"
August "Augie" Marchcharacter in "The Adventures of Augie March" by Saul Bellow
August Wayne Boothcharacter on TV's "Once Upon a Time"
August "Auggie" Matthewsson of Cory and Topanga Matthews in "Girl Meets World"
August Flynncharacter in "This Savage Song" by Victoria Schwab