MEANING & HISTORY
What does Austin mean?
Austin is a medieval contracted form of Augustine. Augustine comes from Roman Augustinus, itself derived from Augustus.
The name therefore has an established history before the Texas city became a modern association. Its corresponding surname also helped later first-name use. The immediate formation is a contraction of an inherited Roman and Christian name, while exalted or venerable belongs to the distant Augustus root rather than a separate English word Austin.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
English
- /ˈɔːstɪn/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈɒstɪn/UK
- /ˈɔstɪn/General-American
- /ˈɑstɪn/General-American · cot-caught-merger · dialectal · of Canada
- /ˈɒstɪn/Canada · dialectal · of the US
- /ˈoːstɪn/Australia
- /ˈoːstən/New-Zealand
Aus · tin2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Austin, from Latin Augustīnus.
a male given name from English
Wiktionary: Austin (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Austin, from Anglo-Norman Aostin, Austin, similar to Old French Aostin, Austin, a popular variant of Old French Agustin, from Latin Augustīnus, from Augustus (literally “majestic”). Doublet of Augustine.
A male given name from Old French, of Anglo-Norman origin.; A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary: Austin (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Austin
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Austin Veloso
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Austin Veloso
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Austin 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 Austin
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
- Agustin♂Spanish Agustín, from the Augustus name family
- Justin♂Just or upright
- Audie♂♀Can be a familiar form of Audrey
- Augie♂Diminutive of August
- Augustine·Augustus-family derivative; venerable association
- Auring♀Familiar form of Aurora; dawn-name tradition
- Autumn♀Autumn season
- Martin♂Related to Mars
What rhymes with Austin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Austin further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q19816555 — Austin (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Austin Veloso (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19816555 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Austin (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Austin (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Austin (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Augustine-1 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Augustus (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.