Augusta
Meaning
exalted, venerable (from Augustus)
Goes by Gussie
Augusta around the world
One shared root links 7 names across 5 languages.
Shared root: from Latin augustus "exalted, venerable", the imperial title behind Augustus, Augustine, and their kin
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Augusta peaked in the 1890s and the 1900s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
10,351 people · the #1,673 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 19,608 · median age 69
Among people named Augusta living in Brazil at the 2022 census, roughly as many were born in the 1940s as in the 1950s, more than in any other decade.
The census also counted 56 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Augusta deep dive
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