Austin (surname)

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Austin
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Region of originEngland

Austin is an English surname, an Old French language contraction of Agustin as Aostin and Austin (regular disappearing of intervocalic [g] from Late Latin to Old French; compare month August: Old French aüst/aoust, French août[1]). Agustin is the popular form of Augustin,[2] equivalent to Augustine.


Notable people with the surname "Austin" include[edit]

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Austin Zonneveldt ( born 2014), CPS spelling bee champion

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References[edit]

  1. ^ CNRTL : etymology of août
  2. ^ Albert Dauzat (foreword Marie-Thérèse Morlet), Noms et prénoms de France, éditions Larousse 1980, p. 16a.