Augusta

Feminine variation of Augustus
"great, magnificent"

Augusta Origin and Meaning

The name Augusta is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "great, magnificent".

Augusta is a dignified name reminiscent of wealthy great-aunts, but with the fashion for both August and Gus for boys, Augusta could get some fresh energy.

Augusta was the title of honor given to the wives and daughters of Roman emperors, which then morphed into a given name, brought to England by the German princess who became the mother of George III.

Augusta is also a saint's name and a place name. Her literary Great-Aunt image was formed via the characters Lady Augusta Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, an elderly relative in the Harry Potter books, and Aunts Augusta in both Graham Greene's Travels with My Aunt and P.G Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster novels.

Augusta has a choice of two friendlier nicknames--Aggie and Gussie.

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Famous People Named Augusta

  • Saint Augusta of Treviso
    Italian virgin martyr
  • Augusta Victoria of Schleswig
    Holstein (born Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny), Empress consort of Wilhelm II of Germany
  • Augusta Marie Luise Katharina of Saxe
    Weimar,Eisenach, Empress consort of William I of Germany
  • Augusta Victoria (born Auguste Viktoria Wilhelmine Antonie Mathilde Ludovika Josephine Maria Elisabeth) of Hohenzollern
    Queen consort of Manuel II of Portugal
  • Augusta of Saxe
    Gotha,Altenburg, Princess of Wales; wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales
  • Augusta Frederica
    Princess of Great Britain; Duchess consort of Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick,Wolfenbüttel
  • Augusta Sophia
    Princess of the U.K; daughter of George III
  • Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise of Cambridge
    Princess of the U.K.; Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg,Strelitz
  • Augusta
    Princess of Hesse,Kassel (born Auguste Wilhelmine Luise), wife of Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
  • Augusta
    Princess of Prussia (born Christine Friederike Auguste), German salonist and Electress consort of Hesse
  • Augusta Wilhelmine
    Princess of Hesse,Darmstadt (born Marie Auguste Wilhelmine), Duchess of Zweibrücken, mother of Ludwig I of Bavaria
  • Augusta Amalia
    Princess of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg
  • Augusta Reuss
    Princess of Köstritz, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg,Schwerin
  • Augusta
    Princess of Württemberg, Princess of Saxe,Weimar,Eisenach
  • (Christina) Augusta von Fersen
    mistress of King Charles XIII of Sweden
  • Augusta
    Lady Gregory (born Isabella Augusta Persse), Irish playwright
  • Augusta Read Thomas
    American composer
  • Augusta Keith Dabney
    American actress
  • Augusta Mary Anne Holmès
    French composer
  • Augusta Lundin
    Swedish fashion designer
  • Augusta Schrumpf
    Norwegian operatic soprano
  • (Julia) Augusta Webster
    English poet

Augusta in Pop Culture

  • Augusta Longbottom
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Augusta Hawkins Elton
    character in Jane Austen's 'Emma'
  • Augusta Fanshawe
    character in Charlotte Bronte's 'Villette'
  • Augusta Macphail
    character in Ford Madox Ford's 'Mr Fleight'
  • Lady Augusta
    character in Barbara Willard's "The Richleighs of Tantamount"
  • Lady Augusta Bracknell
    character in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"
  • Aunt Augusta
    character in Grahame Greene's "Travels with My Aunt"
  • Aunt Augusta
    character in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster novels
  • Augusta
    Georgia, USA
  • Augusta
    Maine, USA
  • Augusta
    Roman name for the city of London, England