August (name)

August is both a given name and surname developed from the Latin, Augustus. Derived from the Latin word augere, meaning "to increase", Augustus had the meaning "esteemed" or "venerable" and was a title given to Roman emperors.

Persons with the given name August

• August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (1655–1715), German prince
• August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652–1689), German noble
• Stanisław August Poniatowski (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski,[b] 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known by his regal title Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1784–1853), German noble and general of the Napoleonic Wars
• August Aichhorn (1878–1949), Austrian educator and psychoanalyst
• August Alle (1890–1952), Estonian writer
• August Allebé (1838–1927), Dutch painter
• August Alsina (1992-), American singer
• August Ames (1994–2017), American adult film actress
• August Annist (1899–1972), Estonian literary and folklore scholar, writer and translator
• August Bebel (1840–1913), German social-democrat
• August Blom (1869–1947), Danish film director
• August Bogusch (1890–1948), German SS officer at Auschwitz executed for war crimes
• August Bournonville (1805–1879), Danish ballet master and choreographer
• August Brooksbank (born 2021), son of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank
• August Coppola (1934–2009), American academic
• August Dvorak (1894–1975), American educational psychologist and professor
• August Eigruber (1907–1947), Austrian-born Nazi hanged for war crimes
• August Getty (born 1994), American fashion designer
• August Horch (1868−1951), German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi
• August Jakobson (1904–1963), Estonian writer and politician
• August Jerndorff (1846–1906), Danish painter
• August Kastra (1878–1941), Estonian journalist and a trade union leader
• August Kippasto (1887–1973), Estonian wrestler
• August Kitzberg (1855–1927), Estonian writer
• August Krogh (1874–1949), Danish professor
• August Kohver (1889–1942), Estonian agronomist and politician
• August Kubizek (1888–1956), Austrian composer, early friend of Adolf Hitler
• August Kukk (1908–1988), Estonian wrestler
• August Lass (1903–1962), Estonian footballer
• August Leskien (1840–1916), German linguist
• August Mälk (1900–1987), Estonian writer and politician
• August Meyszner (1886–1947), Austrian Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
• August S. Narumi (1919–1994), American-Japanese Bronze Wolf recipient
• August Neo (1908–1982), Estonian wrestler
• August Pikker (1889–1976), Estonian wrestler
• August Rei (1886–1963), Estonian politician
• August Saabye (1823–1916), Danish sculptor
• August Sang (1914–1969), Estonian poet and literary translator
• August Sangret (1913–1943), Canadian soldier executed for murder
• August Schellenberg (1936-2013), Canadian First Nation actor
• August Schmidhuber (1901–1947), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
• August Spies (1855–1887), American anarchist
• August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish writer, playwright and painter
• August Traksmaa (1893–1942), Estonian Army General and diplomat
• August Vaga (1893–1960), Estonian botanist
• August Warberg (1842-1915), Swedish actor
• August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist
• August Wesley (1887–1942), Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary
• August Wilson (1945–2005), American playwright
• August Winding (1835–1899), Danish pianist and composer

Persons with the surname August

• Bille August (born 1948), Danish film director
• Carl August (disambiguation), the name of several people
• Edward August (1860–1935), member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922
• Ernest August (disambiguation), the name of several people
• John August (born 1970), American screenwriter
• Leo August (1914–1997), American philatelist, stamp dealer and publisher
• Pernilla August (born 1958), Swedish actress, married to Bille August
• Tyler August (born 1983), American politician
• Dan August, fictional detective played by actor Burt Reynolds

Masculine variants

• Ágastas (Irish)
• Ágost (Hungarian)
• Agostino (Italian)
• Ágúst (Icelandic)
• Águstas (Irish)
• Agusto (Spanish)
• Ağustos (Turkish)
• Aogust (Breton)
• Août (French)
• August (Catalan, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish)
• Augustas (Lithuanian)
• Auguste (French)
• Augusti (Albanian)
• Augusto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
• Augusts (Latvian)
• Agustinus (Indonesian)
• Augustu (Sicilian)
• Augustus (Dutch, Latin)
• Aukusti (Finnish)
• Austu (Sardinian)
• Ávgos (Sami)
• Avgust (Slovenian)
• Awgust (Sorbian)
• Августин (Avgustin, Avhust) (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian)
• Αύγουστος (Avgoustos) (Greek)
• אוגוסטוס (Hebrew)

Diminutive and pet forms

• Agge (Swedish)
• Ago (Estonian)
• Aku (Finnish)
• Augi (German)
• Augie (English)
• Auke (Frisian)
• Ësti (Luxembourgish)
• Gus (English, Scottish)
• Gusse (Danish)
• Gust (Luxembourgish)
• Gusta (Czech)
• Gustek (Slovenian)
• Gustík (Czech)
• Gustelj (Slovenian)
• Gusti (Luxembourgish, German, Slovenian)
• Guto (Portuguese)
• Gustl (German, Slovenian)
• Guus (Dutch)
• Kusti (Finnish)

Feminine variants

• Ágústa (Icelandic)
• August (English)
• Augusta (Danish, Dutch, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian)
• Auguste (English, German, French)
• Augustė (Lithuanian)
• Augustia (English)
• Agustina (Indonesian)
• Auguszta (Hungarian)
• Avgusta (Slovenian)

Diminutive and pet forms

• Aukje (Frisian)
• Gussie (English)
• Gusta (Dutch)
• Guusje (Dutch)
• Gussy (German)
• Gus

See also

• Augustus
• Augustine