Augustus is a masculine given name derived from Augustus, meaning "majestic," "the increaser," or "venerable". Many of its descended forms are August, Augusto, Auguste, Austin, Agustin and Augustine. The Greek translation of the title Augustus was Sebastos, from which the name Sebastian descends.
People named Augustus By first name or title Augustus (63 BC–14 AD), ancient Rome's first emperor Many other Roman emperors who bore this title Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), German King of Poland and Elector of Saxony Augustus III of Poland (1696–1763), German King of Poland and Elector of Saxony Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772–1822), German duke Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1577–1656), German duke Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614–1680), German duke Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg-Plön (1635–1699), German duke Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526–1586), German prince Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, several people Augustus Abbott (1804–1867), British East India Company Army officer Augustus Huggins Abernathy (1838–1884), American physician Augustus Agar (1890–1968), British Royal Navy officer Augustus Aikhomu (1939–2011), Nigerian Navy officer Augustus Akinloye (1916–2007), Nigerian lawyer and politician Augustus Akiwumi (1891–1985), Nigerian-born Ghanaian politician, banker, judge, and scientist Augustus Alden (1837–1886), American politician Augustus Allen, several people Augustus Allhusen (1867–1925), English politician Augustus Alt (1731–1815), British soldier and Australian surveyor Augustus Anson (1835–1877), British Army personnel and Victoria Cross recipient Augustus Anwyl-Passingham (1880–1955), British soldier, recruiting officer, and Territorial Army organizer Augustus Applegath (1788–1871), English printer and inventor Augustus Arkwright (1821–1887), British Royal Navy officer and politician Augustus Armstrong (1833–1873), American lawyer and politician Augustus O. Bacon (1839–1914), American politician, Confederate soldier, and segregationist Augustus Baillie (1861–1939), Scottish businessman and British Army officer Augustus Baldwin, several people Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore (1837–1908), British politician Augustus Barber (1927–2008), American businessman Augustus Barrows (1838–1885), American lumberman, rancher, and pioneer settler Augustus Barry (1840–1871), Irish soldier Augustus Bartholomew (1882–1933), British librarian Augustus Bateman (1839–1922), English cricketer Augustus Beeby (1889–1974), English professional footballer Augustus Beekman (1923–2008), American fire commissioner Augustus Belknap (1841–1889), American Union Army officer and railway executive Augustus Bennet (1897–1983), American politician Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley (1715–1755), son of Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley, and the former Lady Louisa Lennox Augustus Bickley (1857–1902), English journalist and author Augustus Bird (1802–1870), American pioneer and politician Augustus Blocksom (1854–1931), American Army officer Augustus Bourn (1834–1925), American politician Augustus Bouvier (1827–1881), French-born English painter Augustus Bove (died 1967), American politician Augustus Bowie Jr. (1872–1955), American inventor, businessman, and electrical engineer Augustus Bradford (1806–1881), American governor Augustus Brandegee (1828–1904), American lawyer and politician Augustus Bridle (1868–1952), Canadian journalist and author Augustus Brine (1769–1840), English Naval officer Augustus Buchel (1813–1864), German-born American military officer Augustus Buckland (1857–1942), British divine and writer Augustus Buell (1847–1904), American author Augustus Burbank (1823–1895), American physician Augustus Burke (1838–1891), Irish artist Augustus Caine (died 2005), Liberian academic and bureaucrat Augustus Carney (1870–1920), Irish-born American actor Augustus Case (1812–1893), American Naval officer Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw (1768–1832), English politician Augustus Chase (1828–1896), American industrialist Augustus Chapman (1805–1876), American politician and lawyer Augustus Chetlain (1824–1914), American Army soldier Augustus Clark (1862–1928), English cricketer Augustus Dayton Clark (died 1990), American Naval officer Augustus Clevland (1754–1784), East India Company administrator, revenue collector, and judge Augustus Clifford (1788–1877), British Royal Navy 1st Baronet, MP Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882), English Anglican priest Augustus Constantine (1898–1976), American architect Augustus Cootmans, Belgian gymnast in the 1920s Augustus Corliss (1837–1908), American author and historian Augustus Crail (1842–1924), American pioneer, homesteader, cattle rancher, wheat strain developer, and politician Augustus Cutler (1827–1897), American politician Augustus Daniel (1866–1950), British curator and art museum director Augustus Davis (1835–1899), American Union Army officer Augustus de Bourbel (1835–1917), English cricketer Augustus De Butts (1770–1853), British Army officer Augustus Decker (1813–1872), American politician Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), British mathematician and logician Augustus d'Este (1794–1848), British first known multiple sclerosis patient Augustus de Vaudricourt, French 19th-century painter and lithographer Augustus Dickens (1827–1866), English journalist and Charles Dickens’ brother Augustus Dill (1882–1956), American historian, activist, social worker, sociologist, and writer Augustus Dodge (1812–1883), American politician Augustus Dole (1816–1876), American businessman and optician Augustus Drum (1815–1858), American politician and lawyer Augustus Dumbar (born 1978), Liberian former footballer Augustus Dunbier (1888–1977), American painter Augustus Duncombe (1814–1880), English Anglican priest Augustus Earle (1793–1838), British painter Augustus Egg (1816–1863), British painter Augustus Endicott (1818–1910), American legislator and sheriff Augustus Ellis (1800–1841), British Army officer and Tory politician Augustus Elwood (1819–1881), American merchant and politician Augustus Everaerts (born 1929), Belgian former wrestler Augustus Farnham (1805–1865), American architect and Mormon missionary Augustus Fechteler (1857–1921), American Naval officer Augustus Fendler (1813–1883), Prussian-born American natural history collector Augustus Finkelnburg (1830–1889), German American immigrant, lawyer, politician, and pioneer Augustus H. Fenn (1844–1897), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Augustus FitzGeorge (1847–1933), British Army officer Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791–1874), Anglo-Irish peer and freemason Augustus FitzRoy, several people Augustus Ford (1858–1931), English first-class cricketer Augustus Forsberg (1832–1910), Swedish military engineer Augustus Foster (1780–1848), British diplomat and politician Augustus Ge, American professional pickleball player Augustus Fox (1822–1895), English portrait painter Augustus Frank (1826–1895), American merchant, railroad executive, banker, and politician Augustus Fraser (died 1890), Australian politician and pastoralist Augustus Frazer (1776–1835), British Army officer Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769–1812), German prince Augustus French (1808–1864), American attorney and politician Augustus Fritsch (1866–1933), Australian architect Augustus Fuller, several people Augustus P. Gardner (1865–1918), American military officer and politician Augustus H. Garland (1832–1899), American lawyer and politician Augustus Garrett (1801–1848), American politician Augustus Gearhard (1893–1974), American Air Force brigadier general and Roman Catholic priest Augustus George (1817–1902), English cricketer Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1706–1771), German Roman Catholic monarch and military personnel Augustus Gilchrist (born 1989), American professional basketball player Augustus Godson (1835–1906), British politician Augustus Goessling (1878–1963), American water polo player and swimmer Augustus Goetz (1904–1976), American rower Augustus Goodridge (1839–1920), Newfoundland merchant and politician Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe (1829–1910), British agriculturist and philanthropist Augustus Gould (1805–1866), American conchologist and malacologist Augustus Granville (1783–1872), Italian physician, writer, and patriot Augustus Greeves (1806–1874), Australian politician Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer Augustus Gregory (1819–1905), English-born Australian explorer and surveyor Augustus Greulich (1813–1893), German-born American politician Augustus Griffin (1883–1946), American-born Canadian horticulture pioneer Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903), British entomologist Augustus C. Gurnee (1855–1926), American socialite and art patron Augustus M. Gurney (1895–1967), American Army officer Augustus Hall (1814–1861), American lawyer and politician Augustus Hamilton (1853–1913), New Zealand ethnologist, biologist, and museum director Augustus Hand, several people Augustus Noble Hand (1869–1954), American judge Augustus George Vernon Harcourt (1834–1919), English chemist Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889), American politician Augustus Hare (1834–1903), English writer and raconteur Augustus Harris (1852–1896), British actor, impresario, and dramatist Augustus Glossop Harris (1825–1873), British actor and theatre manager Augustus L. Hart (1849–1901), American politician and jurist Augustus P. Hascall (1800–1872), American politician, surveyor, lawyer, and judge Augustus Hawkins (1907–2007), American politician Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868), American businessman and gunpowder manufacturer Augustus Helder (1827–1906), British solicitor and politician Augustus Hemenway (1853–1931), American philanthropist and public servant Augustus Hemming (1841–1907), British colonial administrator, governor, and cricketer Augustus Moore Herring (1867–1926), American aviation pioneer Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (1724–1779), English Royal Navy officer and politician Lord Augustus Hervey (1837–1875), British politician Augustus Hewitt-Fox (1884–1959), South African cricketer Augustus High (1844–1927), American politician Augustus Hill (British Army officer) (1853–1921), British Army officer Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden (1822–1886), English-born Ottoman admiral Augustus M. Hodges (1854–1916), American journalist, newspaper editor, poet, and political organizer Augustus Holland (1824–1919), Canadian farmer and politician Augustus W. Holton (1850–1911), American architect Augustus Hooper (1814–1866), English-born Canadian merchant, timber dealer, and political figure Augustus Hopkins Strong (1836–1921), American Baptist minister and theologian Augustus Hopper (1816–1878), English Anglican priest Augustus Hoppin (1828–1896), American book illustrator Augustus Hotham (died 1896), Australian cricketer Augustus P. Hunton (1816–1911), American lawyer and politician Augustus Daniel Imms (1880–1949), English educator, research administrator, and entomologist Augustus Sol Invictus (born 1983), American political activist, attorney, blogger, and white nationalist Augustus Jackson (1808–1852), American confectioner, chef, and businessman Augustus James (1866–1934), Australian politician Augustus Jaspert (born 1979), British diplomat Augustus Jay (1850–1919), American diplomat Augustus Jessopp (1823–1914), English cleric and writer Augustus John (1878–1961), Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher Augustus S. Johnson, American politician Augustus Jones (c. 1757–1836), American-born Canadian farmer, land speculator, magistrate, militia captain, and surveyor Augustus D. Juilliard (1836–1919), American businessman and philanthropist Augustus Kargbo (born 1999), Sierra Leonean professional footballer