Augusta
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning great, majestic; feminine form of Augustus.
Augusta by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Augusta. In the US, 66 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 369 babies in 1915, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Augusta
Forms of Augusta in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Augustus
Like Augusta, each of these traces back to Augustus: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Augustusgreat, venerable; from the Roman title728 in the US (2017)
- Gusvenerable or majestic; a diminutive of Augustus39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Augustovenerable majestic; a form of Augustus5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Augievenerable; majestic; a diminutive of Augustus10 in the US (2017)
- Augustevenerable; majestic; french form of Augustus10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Augustena form of Augustus; majestic, venerable9 in the US (2017)
- Augustinoa form of Augustus; majestic, venerable9 in the US (2017)
- Auggiemajestic; a diminutive of Augustus or Augusta8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Augusta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Augusta, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Augusta
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