Augusta
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- [ ow-GUWS-tah (German, Polish), ow-GOOS-tah (Italian), ə-GUS-tə (English) ]
- German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS. It was introduced to Britain when king George III, a member of the German House of Hanover, gave this name to his second daughter in the 18th century.
 | AUGUSTUS male Ancient Roman, Dutch Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase". Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the first Roman emperor. He was the adopted son of Julius Caesar who rose to power through a combination of military skill and political prowess. This was also the name of three kings of Poland. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Augusta |
| DUTCH: Augusta |
| ENGLISH: Augusta |
| GERMAN: Augusta, Auguste |
| ITALIAN: Augusta |
| POLISH: Augusta |
| PORTUGUESE: Augusta |
| SLOVENE: Avgusta |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| DUTCH: Gusta |
| ENGLISH: Gussie |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Augustus |
| CATALAN: August |
| DANISH: August |
| DUTCH: Augustus, Guus |
| ENGLISH: August, Gus |
| FINNISH: Aku, Aukusti, Kusti |
| FRENCH: Auguste |
| GERMAN: August |
| ITALIAN: Augusto |
| LATVIAN: Augusts |
| LITHUANIAN: Augustas |
| NORWEGIAN: August |
| POLISH: August |
| PORTUGUESE: Augusto |
| RUSSIAN: Avgust |
| SLOVENE: Avgust |
| SPANISH: Augusto |
| SWEDISH: August |
| UKRAINIAN: Avgust |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Augustina, Augustinus |
| CATALAN: Agustí |
| CROATIAN: Augustin, Dino, Tin |
| CZECH: Augustín, Augustin |
| DUTCH: Augustijn, Stijn, Tijn |
| ENGLISH: Augustine, Austen, Austin, Austyn |
| FRENCH: Augustin, Augustine |
| FRISIAN: Auke |
| GERMAN: Augustin, Augustine |
| HUNGARIAN: Ágoston |
| ITALIAN: Agostina, Agostino, Dina, Dino |
| LITHUANIAN: Augustinas |
| POLISH: Augustyn, Augustyna |
| PORTUGUESE: Agostinho |
| ROMANIAN: Augustin |
| SLOVAK: Augustín |
| SLOVENE: Avguštin |
| SPANISH: Agustín, Agustina |
| WELSH: Awstin |