Agustin
From Latin, meaning "venerable" or "exalted". Only 131 people in Poland carry it, nearly all of them men, so most Poles have never met one.
Agustin Pronunciation
Agustin is pronounced ah-GOOS-teen (/aˈgustin/).
What Agustin means
Where Agustin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Agustín is the Spanish form of the Latin Augustinus, a name built from Augustus, the title the Roman senate gave Octavian in 27 BC. Augustus meant venerable and exalted, a word for someone owed reverence. The suffix softened it, turning a grand title into a personal name.
The name traveled on the strength of one man. Augustine of Hippo, the fourth-century bishop and author of the Confessions, made Augustinus a Christian name across Europe. In Spanish it settled as Agustín, and it stayed common in Spain and across Latin America. Agustín Barrios, the Paraguayan guitarist, carried it into the twentieth century.
The meaning venerable never fully left. It sits under the name as a claim about worth.
In a Polish class register the name is rare. A child called Agustín there stands out from the Augustyn spelled the Polish way. The two share a root and a name-day, 28 August, the feast of Augustine of Hippo. The Spanish spelling keeps the accent, and that accent marks its origin: venerable, exalted, Latin all the way down.
How many people are named Agustin
1 in 165474 men in Poland is named Agustin. 131 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2896 among male names.
Agustin's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Agustin as a middle name
Agustin is a first name for 131 men in Poland and a middle name for another 85, a 61/39 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 777th, between Jamal (86) and Garcia (85).
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#775 Ali̇86
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#776 Jamal86
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#777 Agustin85
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#778 Garcia85
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#779 Syriusz85