Comments for AUGUST:

I actually had a friend (who was a girl) with this name.

-- arrowhead909  9/17/2005

From the Latin word meaning majestic dignity or grandeur. C. Julius Caesar Octavianus (grand nephew and heir of Julius Caesar) was given several honors by the Senate of Rome, among them was the name change to Imperator Caesar Augustus, on January 16, 27 B.C.
Not long afterwards, another honor was bestowed upon Caesar when the Calendar was reworked, and a month was created in his honor, the month of August, following the month of July, which honors his mentor and grand-uncle, Julius Caesar, who had been murdered by the senate on March 15, 44 B.C.

-- steters  9/27/2005

August Strindberg is a famous Swedish writer.

-- Anonymous User  12/17/2005

On the T.V. show "Third Rock from the Sun," August was the name of Tommy Solomon's girlfriend. She was played by Shay Astar.

-- breakofday  1/7/2006

I once worked with a little boy named August. We called him Auggie. At first, I didn't like the name, and I still don't like August much, but I thought Auggie was quite cute and that it fit him well.

-- krmnky  2/14/2006

Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann named their son August.

-- KylieXxX  7/5/2006

German pronunciation: OW-goost. [noted -ed]
Considered very old fashioned in Germany.

-- JHK  9/2/2006

August has always been a girl's name to me, like April, ya know. Well whatever, I like the name anyways.

-- classy  9/23/2006

I prefer this name for a boy. Which is funny as I tend to prefer month, season, gemstone, etc names for a girl. I don't mind August for a girl, though.

-- Belle  3/21/2007

August is a great name, very strong. Purely masculine in my book.

-- nothingshortoftragic  6/21/2007

August Sander (1876-1964) German photographer best known for his pictures of German people in his book "People of the Twentieth Century" ("Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts").

-- SMHRS  9/1/2007

Frederick August Wilson, known professionally as August Wilson, is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He is best known for his Pittsburgh cycle of plays, depicting the African American experience through the 20th century. Of these, the most famous are Fences and The Piano Lesson.

-- sarescent  10/10/2007

Not necessarily famous, but there is a new movie out titled August Rush, with August being the "stage name" of Evan Taylor, who is trying to find his parents through music.

-- BoiCrazii  2/22/2008

I find August incontrovertibly masculine -- I adore the name.

-- Wordsmith  3/15/2008

This, along with May and June, is one month name that doesn't sound weird as a name for a person. It sounds a bit old-fashioned, though, but not ridiculously so. There's no logical reason not to use it on both sexes, even though August is a masculine name in other languages than English. This name isn't a great source of nicknames, though. Augie? Ew!

-- slight night shiver  5/15/2008

I named my son this with the plan of nicknaming him Gus.

-- RedGyl  5/18/2008

This name is so incredibly handsome and very mod. I adore it for a boy, and plan on nameing my future son this and calling him Gus and Gus-gus, like the little mouse in Cinderella. I do like Augie though, I don't think it is "ew" in the slightest.

-- Chanel  5/20/2008

Country singer Garth Brooks & his exwife named one of their daughters August.

-- RooRoo  9/8/2008

It would be cool if a boy twin was named August and a girl twin was named April.

-- Kerules  4/5/2009

I really like this name for some reason. It is my favourite month name and I think that it would be prefect for any age. I personally think that it is a name that can be taken seriously the older someone gets. :DD

-- Anonymous User  6/9/2009

I don't like this name because of how it has 'Gus' in it.

-- -Julia-  7/23/2009

Also used in Croatia.

-- goricar  11/15/2009

August Šenoa (1838-1881) was a famous Croatian writer.

-- goricar  11/15/2009

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