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”). Doublet of august and Augustus

• 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], archived from the original on 17 August 2025:

     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.^[1]

• 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.

• Aug. (abbreviation)

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^[3] (in German)
• “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^[4] (in Polish)

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)

• Gusto

From Augustín.

• IPA^(key): /avɡust/, [ˈau̯ɡust]
• Rhymes: -avɡust
• Hyphenation: Au‧gust

August m pers

1. hypocoristic form of Augustín

• “August”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

From Latin Augustus.

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August c (genitive Augusts)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta

• augusti