Avgust


Avgust is a male given name.

Russian name

In Russian, Avgust is a male given name. Its feminine versions are Avgusta and Avgustina. The name is derived from the Latin word augustus, which means majestic, but originally meant devoted to an augur.
The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century. In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars, which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.
Its diminutives include Ava, Gutya, Gusta, Gustya, and Gustey.
The patronymics derived from "Avgust" are "А́вгустович" and "А́вгустовна".
"Avgust" is also a colloquial form of the given name Avgustin.

People with the name