MEANING & HISTORY
What does Augusta mean?
Augusta is the Latin feminine form of Augustus, whose adjective means venerable or majestic. The dictionary distinguishes the personal name from various place names, many associated with royalty.
Those place-name histories do not prove the origin of an individual person’s name. The ending -a marks the feminine form rather than a separate quality to add to the meaning. Augusta and Augustina belong to related Latin naming traditions but have different formations, so exact spelling remains important when identifying a bearer.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.
A female given name from Latin.; A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Augusta in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Augusta
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- August·Venerable; from Augustus or the month name
- Augusto♂Exalted or venerable
- Augustus·Venerable, majestic or exalted
- Augustine·Augustus-family derivative; venerable association
- Augie♂Diminutive of August
- Aurelia♀Aurelius-family name; possibly golden
- Aurora♀Dawn
- Austin♂Medieval contraction of Augustine
What rhymes with Augusta?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Augusta further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Augusta (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — augustus (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Latin exalted/venerable; Augusta feminine form.