Auguste

given name · Latin script

Meaning: august; noble, stately

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/oɡyst/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Auguste is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 5.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 500K
  • NANamibia≈1 in 6.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
269 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

august; noble, stately

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Auguste, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Auguste counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Auguste is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#545≈12,000 est.≈1 in 5.7K87KAuguste269
CD Congo - Kinshasa#717≈5,200 est.≈1 in 19K—Auguste12
CM Cameroon#558≈3,800 est.≈1 in 7.2K—Auguste23
SN Senegal#398≈1,600 est.≈1 in 9.9K—Auguste10
US United States—6651 in 500K4.3KAuguste213
NA Namibia—≈410 est.≈1 in 6.4K3—5
GP Guadeloupe—≈52 est.≈1 in 8.8K5—5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Auguste is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Augustė, Augustē, Augusté, Aûguste

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Chile

    Also written Augustė, Äüğüštë

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Augustē, Augustė

  • Dutch given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Belgium, Netherlands, United States, South Africa

    Also written Augustė

  • Danish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Augùste, Augustė

71 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Auguste is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, du nom latin Augustus, de augustus « saint, majestueux, vénérable »

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

  • In French, Du latin augustus, « vénérable, majestueux »; fêté avec saint Augustin/à la Saint-Augustin selon les calendriers.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du latin Augustus, « vénérable, consacré »; fêté le 28 août.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du latin Augustus, « vénérable, sacré »; fête le 28 août.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du latin augustus, « vénérable », nom d’origine latine.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17501800185019001950François-René de Chateaubriand, b. 1768Auguste Comte, b. 1798Louis Auguste Blanqui, b. 1805Auguste Beernaert, b. 1829August Kekulé, b. 1829Auguste Rodin, b. 1840Pierre-Auguste Renoir, b. 1841Jean Jaurès, b. 1859Maurice Chevalier, b. 1888Pierre Messmer, b. 1916

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Auguste,Hi Auguste, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 80 sources across 47 countries.

Official registers attesting Auguste
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.3K#7,477
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104K#8,323
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.3K#12,343
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991631—

Reference works 7

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Auguste mean, and where does it come from?
august; noble, stately Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Auguste a male or female name?
Auguste is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How do you pronounce Auguste?
A machine transcription gives /oɡyst/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Auguste have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Auguste in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled auguste.
How common is the name Auguste?
In the United States, the national register counted 665 people named Auguste in 2020, about 1 in 500 thousand residents.
How common is Auguste compared with other names?
In France, Auguste is the 545th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Auguste” — the 545th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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