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”).

• Aug, Aug. (abbreviation)
• Aguste (obsolete)
• Augost (Jamaica)

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôʹgəst, IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɡəst/, /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɡəst/

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August (plural Augusts)

2. The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

   Alternative forms: Aug, Aug., AUG, 8

   Synonym: (Quakerism) Eighth Month

   Holonyms: calendar year; year

   Comeronyms: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     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 trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: […] .

   • 2025 July 17, John Towfighi, “Copper prices have surged to record highs — and they could jump higher. Here’s why”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     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.

3. (now rare) A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
   • 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:

     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 very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.

   • 2018, George Beahm, editor, Mark Zuckerberg: In His Own Words‎^[2], Agate Publishing, →ISBN:

     AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.

• Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)

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

August

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1974, Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:

     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.

2. A surname from Latin.
3. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

• Tausug

August m

1. Augustus

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name

• Ago, Agu

Borrowed from German August.

August

1. August (month)

   Coordinate term: (native term) Dasiamime

From Latin Augustus.

August m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• August's son: Augustsson
• August's daughter: Augustsdóttir

From Swedish August, from Latin Augustus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯ɡust/, [ˈɑ̝u̯ɡus̠t]
• Rhymes: -ɑuɡust
• Syllabification^(key): Au‧gust
• Hyphenation^(key): Au‧gust

August

1. a male given name

• Now chiefly used as a middle name.

• Aku, Akusti, Aukusti, Kusti

• August is the 486^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 477 male individuals (and as a middle name to 5,483 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 10 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Learned borrowing from Latin Augustus.

• IPA^(key): /aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/ (month)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst/ (given name)

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August m (strong, genitive August or Augusts or Augustes, plural Auguste)

1. August (month)

   Synonyms: (archaic) Ährenmonat; (archaic) Erntemonat; (archaic) Erntemond; (archaic) Ernting; (archaic) Sichelmonat

• → Estonian: august
• → Hebrew: אוֹגוּסְט (ogúst)
• → Hunsrik: August
• → Kashubian: agùst
• → Lower Sorbian: awgust
• → Luxembourgish: August
• → Slovincian: aughúst
• → Upper Sorbian: awgust

August m (proper noun, strong, genitive Augusts or August)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta or Auguste, equivalent to English Augustus

• “August” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “August” in Duden online

• Aagust

Borrowed from German August.^[1] Doublet of Aagust.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯kuʃt/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯kuʃt
• Syllabification: Au‧gust

August m (plural August)

1. August

August m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Augustus

From German August.

• IPA^(key): [ɑʊ̯ˈɡust]

August m

1. August

• august (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

Ultimately from Latin augustus.

August m

1. (Sylt) August

   Synonym: Bārichtmuun

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name

• august

From Latin Augustus.

August

1. a male given name

• august

August m

1. August (month)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡust/
• Rhymes: -awɡust
• Syllabification: Au‧gust

Learned borrowing from Latin Augustus.

August m pers (female equivalent Augusta)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Augustus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

August f

1. genitive plural of Augusta

• August in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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.

August

1. August (month)

From Latin Augustus.

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August c (genitive Augusts)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta

• augusti