Austin
m.
A diminutive of Latin augustus 'august, venerable; consecrated.
The name of an important 5th C church father and a 7th C saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Augustinus (nom) GASurv 7p. 116;
1300 Augustinus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 241;
1381 Augustinus (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 91
- Early Modern English
- ● 1547 Austin StAnthonlin p. 6;
1549 Austin ibid. p. 8;
1554 Austyn BarnstapleBap p. 8;
1559 Augustine StAnthonlin p. 13;
1560 Augustine ibid. p. 14;
1566 Augustin BUmar-vol2 p. 116;
1567 Augustine SaxhamSf p. 39;
1578 Austen OrpingtonKe p. 5;
1598 Augustin StAnthonlin p. 39;
1599 Augustine ibid. p. 39
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1378 Austin (nom) hanquetvol1 2460
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Augustin Nurn1497 469
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Augustinus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 12,
Austini (gen) ibid. III, p. 25
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1324 Augustino (abl) DSF p. 48, 3729;
1326 Augustino (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 434;
1348 Augustinum (acc) INP 20;
1376 Augustini (gen) DouGen1 p. 227,
Augustino (abl) ibid. p. 77,
Augustinus (nom) ibid. p. 241;
1527 Augustini (gen) Rome1527 p. 89,
Augustinus (nom) ibid. p. 84
- Malta
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- Latin
- ● 1499 Augustinus (nom) Attard1499 p. 115
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1093x1107 Augustini (gen) ESC XIV
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1488 Augustinus (nom) carbonell p. 21
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Agosti valencia1510 3275
Cite as: G. Grim, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Austin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Austin.