Message: "Austin" - Behind the Name

Austin

by as (guest)

9/22/2006, 4:46 PM

WDYT of Austin for a boy? It's not my usual style-I'm into the more traditional names. My son is Andrew. But I do kind of like Austin. I also like that I read it can be a nickname for Augustine. Thanks for any replies!

#Austin

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- Lolita (Lolita730)

9/22/2006, 11:04 PM

I love this name!!! This is one of my favourite names, but only for boys.

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- Kris Rose

9/22/2006, 11:03 PM

It is one, I think the only, place name I really do like, and yes, for a boy!

~~Kris~~

- Sid

9/22/2006, 7:55 PM

It's a guilty pleasure of mine. It's a place, not a name, but I secretly love it.

Rosemary.Pearl
August 11, 2006

- Diamante04

9/22/2006, 6:52 PM

I love the name Austin! It's be one of my favorites for a long time. Great name imo...very masculine, strong, & will age well.

Jennifer Nicole
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Cade Preston, Deacon James, Grant William, Jude Hamilton, Roman Spencer

- Kristen (iamkristen)

9/22/2006, 5:39 PM

I don't like this name at all. Actually I hate it. I don't care for Augustine either but that's because it's not my style.

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- Bear

9/22/2006, 5:08 PM

I think of Austin as a traditional name, if for no other reason than British politician Austin Chamberlain. I believe he lived during Victorian times, but he could be early 20th century too.

I much prefer Augustine / Augustus / August. But Austin is nice too.

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia) +1

9/22/2006, 4:57 PM

One example of Austin as another name for Augustine is in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, when the narrator references Austyn, meaning St. Augustine.

Honestly, it's not my favorite. I feel like it's a little past it's prime right now, having peaked in the early 90s. I don't think the sound is especially pleasing, and I'd think of the city in Texas before Augustine.

Also, I'm not a fan at all of themed initial sets for siblings. Anrew and Austin would be entirely too close for brothers. I would probably try to avoid anything that starts with A since your son is Andrew, to be honest.

Augustine itself isn't so bad (if not for pairing it with Andrew), but I actually really like Augustus.

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- as (guest)

9/22/2006, 6:50 PM

I agree with this actually-I don't really like siblings with the same initials either. But for some reason I've been thinking about Austin lately.

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