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I'm currently in love with this name, but I'm not sure which spelling I prefer. Augusten doesn't seem to be terribly legit, and Augustin seems to be pronounced somewhat differently. :-/ Also, I live near St. Augustine (AW-gus-teen), FL, so if I named my son Augustin, many people would call him Augustine, probably. :b I adore August, and prefer it to Augustus, Augustin, and Augusten, but I love to say Augusten--aw-GUS-ten. I adored the book "Running With Scissors" and I just saw the movie and it was great. You hear them say "Augusten" a million times in that movie, and it made me love the sound of it even more. :b When I was reading the book, about 3 years ago, I was pronouncing it in my head as AW-gus-ten, but I prefer the stress on GUS much more.

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BTW, Augusten Burroughs' birth name was Christopher. :b Not sure how/why he decided on Augusten.

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I prefer Augustin, myself. The son of friends-of-the-family is Timothy Augustin, which I think is really handsome.

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Augusten Wilfred and Augusten Willis came to mind first. I think it'd go well with old-man names that haven't been revived yet--Augusten Walter versus Augusten Henry.

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Augusten Lionel
Augusten Leopold
Augusten Aldo
Augusten Bernard
Augusten Roger
Augusten Elias
Augusten Perry
Augusten Silas
Augusten Sidney
Augusten Jonas
Augusten Cedric
Augusten Beau
Augusten Jerome

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Augustin?

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I've never seen it spelled Augusten. I really like Augustus, but Augusti/en sounds too much like a descriptor to me.

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This message was edited 11/2/2006, 11:04 PM

Augusten is nice.

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