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 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 Gustafsson Lohaprasert (born 1993), Thai footballer
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 Kohver (1889–1942), Estonian agronomist and politician August Krogh (1874–1949), Danish professor 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 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 Neo (1908–1982), Estonian wrestler August Oberhauser (1895–1971), Swiss footballer August Pikker (1889–1976), Estonian wrestler August Rei (1886–1963), Estonian politician August S. Narumi (1919–1994), American-Japanese Bronze Wolf recipient 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 von Mackensen (1849–1945), German field marshal
August Warberg (1842–1915), Swedish actor August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist August Wesley (1887–1942), Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary August Willich (1810 - 1878), Prussian-American general and communist revolutionary August Wilson (1945–2005), American playwright August Winding (1835–1899), Danish pianist and composer August Wolfinger (born 1949), Liechtenstein alpine skier 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
Persons with the surname August Alba August (born 1993), Danish-born Swedish actress and singer AJ August (born 2005), American cyclist 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 Horn of Årnäs, character from Young Royals August Pullman, main character in R.J. Palacio's Wonder and Wonder (film) August Walker, character from Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 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. August, character from Tales from the Borderlands August, the mascot of the 1997 World Games. Dan August, detective played by actor Burt Reynolds
Masculine variants Ágastas (Irish) Ágost (Hungarian) Agostino (Italian) Ágúst (Icelandic) Águstas (Irish) Agusto (Spanish) Ağustos (Turkish) Aogust (Breton) August (Catalan, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish) August (Indonesian) Augustas (Lithuanian) Auguste (French) Augusti (Albanian) Augusto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) Augusts (Latvian) Augustu (Sicilian) Augustus (Dutch, Latin) Aukusti (Finnish) Austu (Sardinian) Ávgos (Sami) Avgust (Slovenian) Awgust (Sorbian) Oğuz (Turkish) Αύγουστος (Avgoustos) (Greek) Августин (Avgustin, Avhust) (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian) 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) Gustelj (Slovenian) Gusti (Luxembourgish, German, Slovenian) Gustík (Czech) Gustl (German, Slovenian) Guto (Portuguese) Guus (Dutch) Kusti (Finnish)
Feminine variants Ágústa (Icelandic) Agustina (Indonesian) August (English) Augusta (Danish, Dutch, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian) Auguste (English, German, French) Augustė (Lithuanian) Augustia (English) Auguszta (Hungarian) Avgusta (Slovenian)
Diminutive and pet forms Auggie Aukje (Frisian) Gus Gussie (English) Gussy (German) Gusta (Dutch) Guusje (Dutch)
See also Agus August (month) Augustine Augustus Gustav
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