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Augustus Vad efternamn betyder
Dutch German English Welsh West Indian (mainly Trinidad and Tobago) and African (mainly Nigeria): from the Latin personal name Augustus (from the adjective augustus ‘consecrated majestic venerable’) or a Latinized (humanistic) form of German and English August. It was the Emperor Augustus (63 BC –AD 14) after whom it became conventional for Roman emperors to adopt Augustus as a title on their accession and in whose honor the month of August was named. The personal name became popular among early Christians who read into it the implication that the bearer had become greater by being baptized. The surname Augustus is virtually non-existing in Germany.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
