To me it’s a masculine name, but I think it still works on a girl.
Well, in [name_f]France[/name_f] it IS a girl name.
It’s [name_u]Auguste[/name_u] and [name_m]Augustin[/name_m] for boys, and [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] for girls.
I know it doesn’t help you since you don’t live in [name_f]France[/name_f], but it is not shocking at all and you’re right, the ending reminds of “christine”, “angeline” and other girls name - like [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], which is also feminine for me!
[name_f]Augustina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] would be stunning - it may well be my crush of the day.
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] would be fabulous too.
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m] for a girl is perfectly fine, especially since it isn’t solely a male name. But I do have to agree with the pp that [name_f]Augustina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is amazingly beautiful!
My first thought was “wait, isn’t it a girl name in [name_m]French[/name_m]?” So I was glad to see that confirmed! My [name_m]French[/name_m] great (-great?) grandfather was [name_m]Augustin[/name_m], no e.
Now, living in an English-speaking country it may be best to use [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] in the middle or a more feminine version as a first, but I think [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] in the first spot is still OK. Not like naming a girl [name_u]Michael[/name_u] or [name_m]John[/name_m], more like [name_f]Celestine[/name_f] (I know a [name_m]French[/name_m]-speaking boy with this name) or maybe more accurately, [name_u]Germaine[/name_u] or [name_u]Laurence[/name_u].
I don’t think [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] is like [name_u]Michael[/name_u] or [name_m]Scott[/name_m] at all, simply because it isn’t a very popular name. [name_m]Little[/name_m] kids meeting [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] for the first time won’t think of it as a boys name because they probably won’t have heard a boy named [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] before. So I wouldn’t worry about that.
I like [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] for a girl… I think its just has girly as [name_f]Christine[/name_f]. But I’m a person that really likes the name [name_u]Michael[/name_u] for a girl.
No! As St. Augstine said “Woman does not possess the image of God in herself but only when taken together with the male who is her head, so that the whole substance is one image. But when she is assigned the role as helpmate, a function that pertains to her alone, then she is not the image of God. But as far as the man is concerned, he is by himself alone the image of God just as fully and completely as when he and the woman are joined together into one.”
i would highly advise you don’t name her [name_m]Augustine[/name_m].
Hey girl,
I for one like [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] for a girl! I think it works. It’s elaborate and the ‘tine’ ending reminds me of [name_f]Christine[/name_f]…so it does in fact sound feminine to me.
I also like it much more than Augusta which sounds heavy and clunky. Augustine is more delicate, more unique, and much prettier.
I think [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] for either sex is great! The truth of it is that the adults in your life are probably the ones who will have the most problems with it. If the adults have negative things to say about your child and her name, they probably don’t need to be in your life. These days, unusual and gender neutral names are fairly common. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] - for a boy or girl - won’t be a big standout because it will be a name alongside [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u], [name_u]Dakota[/name_u], [name_u]Avery[/name_u], and others. I think it’s a very nice name and it seems to go well with a wide variety of names of middles.
I agree that [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] or [name_f]Augustina[/name_f] would fix the problem, but I don’t see [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] as a name that’s as cut & dry all-boy as [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] or [name_m]William[/name_m] either. I think it’s different because of it’s rarity. If you hear [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] or [name_m]William[/name_m] you likely picture a man that you know because of how well used those names are. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] is like [name_m]Adlai[/name_m] or Eyal, it sounds feminine enough and likely has no immediate association for most of the people that you will meet. I think that it’s easier on the ears that a female [name_u]Logan[/name_u]. I think that if you love it and want to use it but want to avoid the problems associated with this you could consider [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] with the hyphen so that the feminine [name_f]Rose[/name_f] will end up on her mail and documents. I think it has a pretty, feminine sound and I like it on a boy or a girl.
I thought [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] could be ether gender. I know someone who has a great aunt named [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]. I like it! It’s spunky. Around here it’d be unusual enough that it could go either way. Whereas [name_m]Austin[/name_m], [name_u]August[/name_u], and [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] are strictly male here. [name_m]Augustin[/name_m] is unheard of here, like [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], but I see [name_m]Augustin[/name_m] as male. I’ve always been a fan of the clunky [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], but [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is so lovely. Out of curiosity, would you call her by her full name or a nickname?
what is that supposed to mean?
[name_m]Augustine[/name_m] was the most well-known (female) patient of renowned Victorian neurologist, [name_u]Jean[/name_u]-[name_m]Martin[/name_m] Charcot, so the name definitely has a history of being used for girls. I like it.
Probably a full name, we aren’t much of a nickname family. I have considered Tini as a momma only nickname, but nothing that would follow her outside of the house.
We are [name_m]German[/name_m] and Italian, and now that we have told our families the name idea they think it is only for a girl. In Italian Agostina and [name_m]Agostino[/name_m] are the [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]/[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]. My mom was said, is that not the english version for a girl? Like [name_f]Giuseppina[/name_f] is [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]? So that pretty much sealed the deal for me.
We definitely love the hyphenated version. It was my husbands idea last night to just hyphenate and solve the issue. Plus, we can then add another family name [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] ([name_m]Vittorio[/name_m]) to the name. Making all of her name based on family names. I had a great grandpa [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] and it will also be her birth month, [name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] from my great great grandmother on down, and [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] from grandfather [name_m]Vittorio[/name_m].
So, I think that is our name (for now at least lol), both of us actually agree on [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], and that’s a first because my DH usually likes very common names. So even if some see it like [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]William[/name_m] or [name_u]Michael[/name_u] I guess I don’t really care anymore:)
Yeah, felt the same way. That quote just kind of creeped me out. An old quote that applies to a very different time that I am thankful my daughter won’t be living in. I think religious points of view should be left out. DH and I aren’t practicing Catholics, so we don’t really care what [name_m]Saint[/name_m] [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] said about the role of women back in 400 CE.
I’m guessing (hoping!) the poster meant that St. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] said some pretty mysogynistic stuff and thus isn’t the best person to name a child after - not that s/he agrees with that POV. And while I wouldn’t name a girl in honor of St. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], it’s fine to give her the same name as him. [name_m]Just[/name_m] like I wouldn’t name a boy after [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Wilkes[/name_m] [name_m]Booth[/name_m], but I would still name a boy [name_m]John[/name_m], if you know what I mean.
I wouldn’t name my daughter after a “saint” who’s said such horrible things about women. If I was named [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] and saw that, I would want to change my name.
Everyone is a little upset about what I said, sorry I wasn’t clear. I just wanted the user to be aware of (just one of) the terrible things a famous bearer of the name said. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] is a pretty name in itself, oh dear I would NOT name my daughter the same name as a man who said such horrible, sexist, and degrading things women. If I was named [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] and found that out, I would change my name, I would be so ashamed. I’d have wished my parents looked into probably the most famous person to have ever had the name and what they were like. I would be especially upset if they knew about that quote and gave me the name anyway. It’s vial.
I think it’s different just because [name_m]John[/name_m] is such a common name that has been had by SO many people, it’s faceless. [name_m]Just[/name_m] as [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is a common and faceless name that people don’t automatically think of [name_f]Lizzie[/name_f] [name_m]Borden[/name_m]. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m] is not a common name and I think most people will think of St. [name_m]Augustine[/name_m]. That’s why I think it’s important to research the most famous people with that name.
I’m sorry to everyone if I came off as rude or as if I was attacking the name, it is a nice name, just a truly horrific association. Especially, for a women to have. I should have written more in my post, for I now understand I may have been not made myself clear.