Austin (surname)

Austin is an English surname, an Old French language contraction of Agustin as Aostin and Austin (regular disappearing of intervocalic [g] from Late Latin to Old French; compare month August: Old French aüst/aoust, French août). Agustin is the popular form of Augustin, equivalent to Augustine.

This article is about the surname "Austin". For the given name, see Austin (given name). For other uses, see Austin (disambiguation).
Austin
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Region of originEngland


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