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Austin

English, shortened form of Augustine, Latin
"great, magnificent"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Tue Jul 01 2025

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.

# 107 in the US

Austin Rank in US Top 1000

# 197 on Nameberry

Austin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Austin

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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

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