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I am wondering if Sarah and Augusta might both be used for someone's name ..?
Are the 2 names interchangeable...?
Are the 2 names interchangeable...?
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I'm not sure what you're getting at. If someone is given both names (Sarah Augusta …), then there are contexts in which either name could be used interchangeably. Furthermore, there is a tradition of using Christening or Regnal names which differ from the name originally given by the family.
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I don't know enough about Sarah to be sure. It's said to mean 'princess' or 'lady', which are hardly the same thing.
Augusta, as the female form of Augustus, is more of a religious title, something like 'distinguished person', with its origin in the verb augere = to increase (in virtue). So, if Sarah is secular and Augusta is, let's say, religious (Roman religion wasn't much like what we understand by religion today), then putting the two names together would be a bit ambitious but you wouldn't be repeating yourself.
Augusta, as the female form of Augustus, is more of a religious title, something like 'distinguished person', with its origin in the verb augere = to increase (in virtue). So, if Sarah is secular and Augusta is, let's say, religious (Roman religion wasn't much like what we understand by religion today), then putting the two names together would be a bit ambitious but you wouldn't be repeating yourself.
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