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Meaning of the nameAugusto

Augusto is a male name of Latin origin, from the adjective and title Augustus, which means 'majestic, venerable'.

Meaning

“majestic, venerable”

Source: Wiktionary: Augustus · Behind the Name: Augustus

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People (2022)
112,121
Rank in Brazil
#289
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
105,177
people

Augusto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Augusto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (18,377 people).

564 women 111,557 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Augusto is most common

States with the highest share of people named Augusto in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.100%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.080%
  3. Paraná 0.075%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.066%
  5. Distrito Federal 0.064%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo24,3710.055%
Minas Gerais11,8050.058%
Rio Grande do Sul10,8780.100%
Paraná8,5290.075%
Rio de Janeiro7,4940.047%
Bahia6,6710.047%
Santa Catarina6,0730.080%
Pará4,5480.056%
Goiás4,3080.061%
Pernambuco4,0670.045%
Ceará2,7030.031%
Maranhão2,5890.038%
Mato Grosso2,0850.057%
Amazonas2,0590.052%
Espírito Santo1,8860.049%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,8080.066%
Distrito Federal1,8050.064%
Paraíba1,4830.037%
Rio Grande do Norte1,3170.040%
Sergipe1,2290.056%
Piauí1,1920.036%
Alagoas9870.032%
Tocantins7040.047%
Rondônia6480.041%
Amapá4230.058%
Roraima2490.039%
Acre2100.025%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Augusto

Augusto is a learned borrowing from the Latin Augustus, according to Wiktionary, which links the name to the Latin adjective augustus, 'majestic, venerable'. The word was used in religious contexts before it was given as a title to the Roman emperor. Behind the Name gives a close sense, 'exalted, venerable', and derives it from the Latin verb augeo, 'to increase'. The feminine form is Augusta. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 112,121 people named Augusto, with a median age of 29; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Augusto · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Augustus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Augustus · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Augusto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Augusto

What does the name Augusto mean?

Augusto means “majestic, venerable”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Augusto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 112,121 people with the first name Augusto, which ranks it number 289 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Augusto a boy's or a girl's name?

Augusto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 564 women and 111,557 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Augusto?

Augusto is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Augusto most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.100% of the state's population is named Augusto (10,878 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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