Augustine

Where Augustine comes from

From Latin Augustīnus, derivative of Augustus. Doublet of Austin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Augustine
  • Latin
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1694
    Augustine Washington born
    (1694-1743) British-American planter, slave owner, and the father of George Washington
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1906
    Peak, #472
    22 babies named Augustine — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1911
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1965
    Augustine Eguavoen born
    Nigerian footballer and manager
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), a church father and a writer.
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Augustine Eguavoen · Nigerian footballer and manager, born 1965
  • Augustine Washington · (1694-1743) British-American planter, slave owner, and the father of George Washington, 1694–1743
  • Augustine Birrell · British politician, 1850–1933
  • Augustine Boakye · Ghanaian footballer, born 2000
  • Augustine Kiprono Choge · Kenyan runner and 2006 Commonwealth champion, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.