BabyNameScore

August

AW·gust · 2 syllables

August is comfortably familiar.

91/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

  1. Pronunciation & Spelling

    Clear, with one common misreading

    A documented English pronunciation is on file: AW-gust. Confusion with the calendar month's stress pattern versus the given name's.

    91/100

  2. Everyday Use

    Low risk

    Shortens naturally in everyday use, to one established short form.

    95/100

  3. Growing Up

    Strong lifetime fit

    Works comfortably across child and adult settings.

    82/100

  4. International Use

    Broad international fit

    Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.

    85/100

NAME DETAILS

COMMON FORMS
Auggie
OTHER-LANGUAGE FORMS
Auguste
Augusto
ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

August's identity runs directly back to one of history's most consequential political titles: the Roman Senate's 27 BCE grant of "Augustus" to Octavian, marking the birth of the Roman Empire itself. From that imperial root, the name spread across German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Catalan royal and given-name traditions (including three Polish kings) and, separately, gave English speakers the name of the eighth calendar month — making August one of the few given names that is also, independently, an everyday word for a unit of time.

  1. Augustus (Latin). "The illustrious one" / "majestic, great, venerable," from Latin augustus, itself from augeo, "to increase." August is the German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Catalan form of the Roman honorific/name Augustus. In 27 BCE, the Roman Senate awarded Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Julius Caesar's adopted heir) the honorific title Augustus ("the illustrious one"), marking his accession as Rome's first emperor; the title had prior religious significance in Roman tradition, associated with things considered divine or sacred. August became the standard German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Catalan form of this name, and was borne by three Polish kings (the Augustus/August line of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). The calendar month of August is itself named for the same emperor, extending his name's presence into everyday modern vocabulary independent of the given name.
POPULARITY

August over time

United States
#81RANK

Rank #81 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Recognizable without feeling automatic. Ranked #81 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

Pronunciation & Forms

SAY IT

AW·gust

STRESS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE

COMMON FORMS
  • Auggie
OTHER-LANGUAGE FORMS
  • AugustusLatin/English form
  • AugusteFR
  • AugustoIT/ES/PT
PRACTICAL LIFE

How This Name Lives

AT SCHOOL & DAY TO DAY

A warm, classic-sounding name reinforced for many contemporary parents and children by "Auggie" Pullman, the sympathetic child protagonist of the novel and film 'Wonder.'

INTO ADULTHOOD

Carrying the weight of Rome's first emperor's honorific title, August reads as dignified and historically substantial in adult and professional contexts.

Cultural Footprint

Carries genuine Roman imperial weight through its root Augustus, reinforced across multiple European royal traditions (three Polish kings bore the name), and additionally functions in English as a direct reference to the calendar month, itself named for the same Roman emperor.

TRACEABLE ORIGIN
  1. Augustusfirst Roman emperor, honorific title granted 27 BCE
  2. August Wilsonplaywright
  3. August StrindbergSwedish dramatist
  4. "Auggie" PullmanWonder, novel and film

Community Impressions

August carries the weight of one of history's most consequential titles — the Roman Senate's 27 BCE grant of 'Augustus' to Octavian, marking the start of the Roman Empire itself — filtered down through German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Catalan given-name traditions (three Polish kings bore it) and into the name of the eighth calendar month. Its contemporary US revival owes a real debt to 'Auggie' Pullman, the sympathetic child hero of 'Wonder,' who has softened a name that otherwise carries genuinely imperial gravity.

How this name is commonly received · not used in the score

More about August

FORMALITY

August functions as the formal form; "Auggie" is a well-established informal diminutive, reinforced by its use in the novel/film 'Wonder.'

Names around it

Augustus
EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

August is spelled without unusual letter patterns, and it holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

A documented English pronunciation is on file. Uses standard characters that systems widely handle cleanly.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

FULL-NAME CHECK

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August