Augusto

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Augustus in NL Netherlands, CR Costa Rica, FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Augusto is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name235K records spelled Augusto7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ãugustò, Aügűštõ

• French given name37K records spelled Augusto5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Peru, Italy

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Äügüstö, Augústo, Àugusto

• a separate given name31K records spelled Augusto2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, Italy, Peru

  Also written Áugusto

• Indonesian given name3.0K records spelled Augusto2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Indonesia, Philippines, United States

  Also written Aügustö

• Swahili given name2.5K records spelled Augusto3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Peru, Nigeria

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Augustus

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Augusto is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, august (being part of a noble family)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, dal latino augustus, 'consacrato, venerabile'; talvolta dato ai nati in agosto.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, var. clássica de Agosto

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Agosti

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• Venerabile

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Augusto Geninab. 1892ITItalian film director and producer (1892-1957)
• Sandinob. 1895NInot in their usual nameNicaraguan revolutionary (1895-1934)
• Augusto Pinochetb. 1915CLdictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990
• Augusto Roa Bastosb. 1917PYParaguayan writer (1917–2005)
• Augusto Monterrosob. 1921HNGuatemalan writer (1921–2003)
• Augusto Boalb. 1931BRBrazilian writer (1931–2009)
• Augusto De Lucab. 1955ITItalian artist and photographer
• Carlos Carvalhalb. 1965PTnot in their usual namePortuguese association football player and manager
• Gustavo Poyetb. 1967UYnot in their usual nameUruguayan association football player and manager
• Juninho Pernambucanob. 1975ESnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 795 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Augusto?

We estimate roughly 187 thousand people bear Augusto (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Augusto have the most bearers?

Augusto is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled augusto.

How common is Augusto compared with other names?

In Argentina, Augusto is the 254th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Augusto a male or female name?

Augusto is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Augusto mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin. See }Augustus in main dictionary.