The name Augustus means "magnificent, great" (it is derived from the Latin word "augere" meaning "to increase").
Famous bearers
Bearers include Augustus (63 BC - AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor;
Augustus De Morgan (1806 - 1871), an English mathematician and logician;
Augustus Edwin John (1878 - 1961), a Welsh painter.
