August (Name)
August is a masculine first name and family name.
- 4.1 rulers name
- 4.2 first name
- 4.3 Surname
Origin and Meaning
- Latin Augustus, the Exalted '
The month of August was named after the Roman Emperor Augustus.
Name-day
Name day is August 28 (St. Augustine )
Variants
Male
- Augustin
- French: Auguste
- Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Augusto, Agostino
- Latin: Augustus, Gustinus, Augustine
- Dutch: Austen, Guus, Augustijn, Stijn
- English: Austin
- Slovenian: Avgust
- Sorbian: Hawštyn, Awgust
- Spanish: Agustín
- Hungarian: Agoston
Abbreviations
- Gustel, Gustl, Gusti, Augi, Archie
Female
Augusta, see there for variants.
Well-known bearers of the name
Rulers name
- August (1526-1586), Elector of Saxony, reign (1553-1586)
- August II, King of Poland, also known as Frederick Augustus I the Strong, Elector of Saxony (1670-1733)
- Augustus III. , King of Poland, also known as Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)
- August I (Oldenburg ) ( 1783-1853 ), Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- Friedrich August (Oldenburg, Grand Duke ) ( 1852-1931 ), Grand Duke
- August I (Braunschweig -Lüneburg ) ( 1568-1636 ), Duke
- August II (Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel ) ( 1579-1666 ), Prince
- August ( Anhalt- Plötzkau ) ( 1575-1653 ), Prince of Anhalt- Plötzkau
- August (Pfalz -Sulzbach ) ( 1582-1632 ), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate -Sulzbach
- August ( Saxe-Gotha -Altenburg ), Duke ( 1722-1822 )
- August (Sachsen- Merseburg - Zoerbig ) ( 1655-1715 ), Duke of Saxe- Merseburg - Zoerbig
- August (Saxony- Weissenfels ) ( 1614-1680 ), Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels - Querfurt
- August (Sachsen -Lauenburg ) ( 1577-1656 ), Duke
- August (Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Plön - Norburg ) ( 1635-1699 ), Duke
- August Christian ( Anhalt- Köthen ) ( 1769-1812 ), Prince of Anhalt- Köthen
- David August zu Sayn -Wittgenstein -Hohenstein (1663-1735), Count
- August Wilhelm (Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel ) ( 1662-1731 ), Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and Prince of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel
- August Wilhelm (Braunschweig -Wolfenbüttel - Bevern ) ( 1715-1781 ), Duke of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel - Bevern and Prussian General
- August Wilhelm of Prussia (1722-1758), Prussian Prince and General
- August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887-1949), a Prussian prince and SA -Obergruppenführer
First name
- August Auinger ( * 1955 ), Austrian motorcycle racer
- August Bebel (1840-1913), German politician
- August von Bechmann (1834-1907), German university teachers
- August Bier (1861-1949), German surgeon and university lecturer
- August Burkei (1922-2009), German Civil
- August Diehl (born 1976 ), German actor
- August Eskelinen (1898-1987), Finnish skiers
- August Heinrich (1794-1822), German painter, see Johann August Heinrich
- August Heinrich ( paleontologist ) ( 1859-1926 ), Austrian physician and paleontologist
- August Heinrich (actor ) ( 1881-1965 ), German actor and writer
- August Hermann Francke (1663-1727), German theologian
- August Froehlich (1891-1942), German Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighters and martyrs
- August Harlacher (1842-1907), German tenor and opera director
- August Hlond (1881-1948), Polish Cardinal, Primate of Poland
- August Howaldt (1809-1883), North German engineer and entrepreneur
- August Wilhelm Iffland (1759-1814), German actor
- August Macke (1887-1914), German painter
- August von Kotzebue (1761-1819), German dramatist
- August Pepöck (1887-1967), Austrian composer and conductor
- August Graf von Platen (1796-1835), German poet
- August Prüssing (1896-1967), German engineer
- August Sander (1876-1964), German photographer
- August Spies ( journalist) ( 1855-1887 ), German - American journalist and labor leader
- August Spies ( politician ) ( 1893-1972 ), German politician
- August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845), German writer
- August Zirner (* 1956), actor
Family name
- Amadeus August (1942-1992), German actor
- Bernd August (1952-1988), German Boxer
- Bille August ( born 1948 ), Danish film and television director
- David August, German DJ and music producer
- Ernst Ferdinand August (1795-1870), German physicist
- Georg August von Auenfels (1773-1852), Austrian Major General
- Heribert August (* 1947), German priest
- John August (born 1971 ), American journalist and screenwriter
- Joseph H. August (1890-1947), American Cinematographer
- Marlon August ( b. 1982 ), South African judoka
- Pernilla August (born 1958 ), Swedish actress
- Solveig August (* 1969), German actress
- Male first name
- Family name
- German personal name