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
• 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 (born 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 Björklund (born 2002), Finnish footballer
• 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 Diehl (born 1976), German actor
• 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 Kirsimägi (1905–1933), Estonian writer
• August Kitzberg (1855–1927), Estonian writer
• August Kleinzahler (born 1949), American poet
• 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 Liivik (1903–1942), Estonian sport shooter
• August Gustafsson Lohaprasert (born 1993), Thai footballer
• August von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal
• August Mälk (1900–1987), Estonian writer and politician
• August Maramaa (1881–1941), Estonian politician
• August Maturo (born 2007), American actor
• 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 Oberhauser (1895–1971), Swiss footballer
• 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 Volberg (1896–1982), Estonian architect and educator
• 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
• August Wolfinger (born 1949), Liechtenstein alpine skier

Persons with the surname August

• Alba August (born 1993), Danish-born Swedish actress and singer
• Bille August (born 1948), Danish film director
• Bonnie August (1947–2003), American fashion designer
• 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
• Joe August (1931–1992), American blues and R&B singer and songwriter
• John August (born 1970), American screenwriter
• Joseph August (1890–1947), American cinematographer
• Leo August (1914–1997), American philatelist, stamp dealer and publisher
• Lynn August (1948–2025), American zydeco accordionist, keyboard player, singer and bandleader
• Pernilla August (born 1958), Swedish actress, married to Bille August
• Tyler August (born 1983), American politician

Fictional characters

• August Pullman, main character in R.J. Palacio's Wonder and Wonder (film)
• August Walker, character from , played by actor Henry Cavill
• August Wayne Booth, a recurring character in ABC TV show Once Upon A Time
• August Zabladowski, a character from the 1953 musical fantasy film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
• Dan August, detective played by actor Burt Reynolds
• August, character from Tales from the Borderlands
• August Horn of Årnäs, character from Young Royals
• August, the mascot of the 1997 World Games.

Masculine variants

• Ágastas (Irish)
• Ágost (Hungarian)
• Agostino (Italian)
• Ágúst (Icelandic)
• Águstas (Irish)
• Agusto (Spanish)
• Ağustos (Turkish)
• Oğuz (Turkish)
• Aogust (Breton)
• August (Catalan, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish)
• Augustas (Lithuanian)
• Auguste (French)
• Augusti (Albanian)
• Augusto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
• Augusts (Latvian)
• August (Indonesian)
• Augustu (Sicilian)
• Augustus (Dutch, Latin)
• Aukusti (Finnish)
• Austu (Sardinian)
• Ávgos (Sami)
• Avgust (Slovenian)
• Awgust (Sorbian)
• Августин (Avgust<nowiki/>in, 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
• Auggie

See also

• Augustus
• Augustine
• Agus
• Gustav
• August (month)

References