August

A male given name from Latin.

Proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born. - 1974, Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann,...
  2. A surname from Latin.
  3. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Origin

In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
    • Holonyms: calendar year; year
    • The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold...
    • Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound. - 2025 July 17, John Towfighi, “Copper prices have surged to...

    Synonyms: Eighth Month

    Related: Aug Aug. AUG mul:8 January February March April May June July September October November December

  2. A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
    • August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a...
    • AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born. - 2018, George Beahm, editor, Mark Zuckerberg: In His Own Words, Agate Publishing, →ISBN:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Latin augustus Latin Augustusder. Old English Augustusder. Middle English Augustder. English August Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”). Doublet of august and Augustus

Forms

Augusts Aug Aug. AUG Aguste Augost

Synonyms

Sextilis Sextile

Related

Augustal Augustan Augustean augusteity Augustin Augustine Augustinian augustious Augustus Austin

Derived

august August Bank Holiday August plum August rooster mid-August