August (name)

Male given name and family name

August is both a given name and surname developed from the Latin, Augustus. Derived from the Latin word augere, meaning "to increase", Augustus had the meaning "esteemed" or "venerable" and was a title given to Roman emperors.[1]

## Persons with the given name August

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* August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (1655–1715), German prince
* August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652–1689), German noble
* August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1784–1853), German noble and general of the Napoleonic Wars
* August Aichhorn (1878–1949), Austrian educator and psychoanalyst
* August Alle (1890–1952), Estonian writer
* August Allebé (1838–1927), Dutch painter
* August Alsina (born 1992), American singer
* August Ames (1994–2017), American adult film actress
* August Annist (1899–1972), Estonian literary and folklore scholar, writer and translator
* August Bebel (1840–1913), German social-democrat
* August Blom (1869–1947), Danish film director
* August Bogusch (1890–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes
* August Bournonville (1805–1879), Danish ballet master and choreographer
* August Brooksbank (born 2021), son of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank
* August Coppola (1934–2009), American academic
* August Dvorak (1894–1975), American educational psychologist and professor
* August Eigruber (1907–1947), Austrian-born Nazi hanged for war crimes
* August Getty (born 1994), American fashion designer
* August Horch (1868−1951), German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi
* August Jakobson (1904–1963), Estonian writer and politician
* August Jerndorff (1846–1906), Danish painter
* August Kastra (1878–1941), Estonian journalist and a trade union leader
* August Kippasto (1887–1973), Estonian wrestler
* August Kitzberg (1855–1927), Estonian writer
* August Kleinzahler (born 1949), American poet
* August Krogh (1874–1949), Danish professor
* August Kohver (1889–1942), Estonian agronomist and politician
* August Kubizek (1888–1956), Austrian composer, early friend of Adolf Hitler
* August Kukk (1908–1988), Estonian wrestler
* August Lass (1903–1962), Estonian footballer
* August Leskien (1840–1916), German linguist
* August Liivik (1903–1942), Estonian sport shooter
* August Gustafsson Lohaprasert (born 1993), Thai footballer
* August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal
* August Mälk (1900–1987), Estonian writer and politician
* August Maramaa (1881–1941), Estonian politician
* August Maturo (born 2007), American actor
* August Meyszner (1886–1947), Austrian Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
* August S. Narumi (1919–1994), American-Japanese Bronze Wolf recipient
* August Neo (1908–1982), Estonian wrestler
* August Oberhauser (1895–1971), Swiss footballer
* August Pikker (1889–1976), Estonian wrestler
* August Rei (1886–1963), Estonian politician
* August Saabye (1823–1916), Danish sculptor
* August Sang (1914–1969), Estonian poet and literary translator
* August Sangret (1913–1943), Canadian soldier executed for murder
* August Schellenberg (1936–2013), Canadian First Nation actor
* August Schmidhuber (1901–1947), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
* August Spies (1855–1887), American anarchist
* August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish writer, playwright and painter
* August Traksmaa (1893–1942), Estonian Army General and diplomat
* August Vaga (1893–1960), Estonian botanist
* August Volberg (1896–1982), Estonian architect and educator
* August Warberg (1842–1915), Swedish actor
* August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist
* August Wesley (1887–1942), Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary
* August Wilson (1945–2005), American playwright
* August Winding (1835–1899), Danish pianist and composer

## Persons with the surname August

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* Bille August (born 1948), Danish film director
* Bonnie August (1947–2003), American fashion designer
* Carl August (disambiguation), the name of several people
* Edward August (1860–1935), member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922
* Ernest August (disambiguation), the name of several people
* John August (born 1970), American screenwriter
* Joseph August, American Cinematographer
* Leo August (1914–1997), American philatelist, stamp dealer and publisher
* Pernilla August (born 1958), Swedish actress, married to Bille August
* Tyler August (born 1983), American politician
* Alba August (born 1993), Danish-born Swedish actress and singer

## Fictional characters

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* August Walker, character from Mission: Impossible – Fallout, played by actor Henry Cavill
* Dan August, fictional detective played by actor Burt Reynolds
* August, character from Tales from the Borderlands
* August Horn of Årnäs, character from Young Royals
* August, the mascot of the 1997 World Games.

## Masculine variants

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* Ágastas (Irish)
* Ágost (Hungarian)
* Agostino (Italian)
* Ágúst (Icelandic) [2]
* Águstas (Irish)
* Agusto (Spanish)
* Ağustos (Turkish)
* Oğuz (Turkish)
* Aogust (Breton)
* August (Catalan, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish)
* Augustas (Lithuanian)
* Auguste (French)
* Augusti (Albanian)
* Augusto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
* Augusts (Latvian)
* August (Indonesian)
* Augustu (Sicilian)
* Augustus (Dutch, Latin)
* Aukusti (Finnish)
* Austu (Sardinian)
* Ávgos (Sami)
* Avgust (Slovenian)
* Awgust (Sorbian)
* Августин (Avgustin, Avhust) (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian)
* Αύγουστος (Avgoustos) (Greek)
* אוגוסטוס (Hebrew)

### Diminutive and pet forms

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* Agge (Swedish)
* Ago (Estonian)
* Aku (Finnish)
* Augi (German)
* Augie (English)
* Auke (Frisian)
* Ësti (Luxembourgish)
* Gus (English, Scottish)
* Gusse (Danish)
* Gust (Luxembourgish)
* Gusta (Czech)
* Gustek (Slovenian)
* Gustík (Czech)
* Gustelj (Slovenian)
* Gusti (Luxembourgish, German, Slovenian)
* Guto (Portuguese)
* Gustl (German, Slovenian)
* Guus (Dutch)
* Kusti (Finnish)

## Feminine variants

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* Ágústa (Icelandic) [3]
* August (English)
* Augusta (Danish, Dutch, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian)
* Auguste (English, German, French)
* Augustė (Lithuanian)
* Augustia (English)
* Agustina (Indonesian)
* Auguszta (Hungarian)
* Avgusta (Slovenian)

### Diminutive and pet forms

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* Aukje (Frisian)
* Gussie (English)
* Gusta (Dutch)
* Guusje (Dutch)
* Gussy (German)
* Gus
* Auggie

## See also

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* Augustus
* Augustine
* Agus
* Gustav

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## References

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1. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Augustus".
2. ^ "Category:Approved Icelandic Male Names - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics".
3. ^ "Category:Approved Icelandic Male Names - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics".