Augusta
Augusta is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Great and venerable.
What Augusta means
Great and venerable.
Augusta sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Augusta comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Augusta is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Augusta?
Augusta sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Augusta
Augusta spans the long-established classics and royalty and rule, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Augusta
These share Augusta's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
- Victoria — Victory.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Octavian — The eighth-born.
- Charlotte — Free; petite and feminine.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Catherine — Pure.
- Elizabeth — Pledged to God; God is my oath.
More Latin names
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Augustine — Great and venerable.
- Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- April — Opening buds of spring.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Amadeus — Lover of God.
- Aurelio — The golden one.
- Adrian — Of the dark sea.
- Aurelius — The golden one.