Meaning of name Austen

The name Austen has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Austen is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 887 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In both Years 2008 and 2009, the name Austen remained at the same ranking of 1000. (A ranking of 1000 means that this name ranked 1000 or poorer in the 2008/2009 popularity surveys)

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Austen in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Austen is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Augustine. See other suggested English boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Augustine.

The following names are baby names related to Austen and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Austen: Boys - Admiral, Alfred, Barton, Boston, Burton, Coleman, Davis, Dickinson, Dunton, Earl, Elmore, Errol, Gardner, Garfield, Graham, Hamilton, Hayward, Jamari, Kipp, Lyman, Lyndon, Girls - Ammie, Arrie, China, Cordie, Darlene, Diamond, Jaelynn, Jaimie, Kimora, Knowles, Lady, Mercy, Octavia, Pinkie, Precious, Shirlene, Both genders - Albert, Blake, Edward, Madison, Parker

The name Austen is a variant of Augustine. Other popular variants of the name Augustine are: Agaistin (Irish Gaelic), Agostino (Italian), Agoston, Aguistin, Agustin, Agustino, Augie, Augustin (Spanish), Augustinos (Greek), Augustus (Spanish), Augustyn, Augy, Austen, Austin, Austyn

We think the name Austen should fall under the following style category: Famous Persons.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Austen to be: A prim and proper middle-aged chap

In one word, you might describe Austen as a(n) "proper" person.

See other "proper" names for boys.