August

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
• A female given name from English derived from the month (rare modern usage).
• A male given name from Latin.
• CDP San Joaquin County (county) California (state) US (country).

Related

Similar words

• Sextilis , Sextile

Origin

• Early Middle English August, re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus ("month of August"), from the agnomen Augustus of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos, increase, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg-; or Latin avis ("bird"), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis, bird; + Latin garrīre, from Proto-Indo-European base *ǵeh₂r-, to cry, of imitative origin
• In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.