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in reply to a message by sarah and augusta
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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