Austen - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Austen \a(u)-sten, aus-ten\ is a variant of August (Latin), Augustine (Latin), Augustus (Latin), Austin (French) and Osten, and the meaning of Austen is "great, magnificient".

The baby name Austen sounds like Austyn and Justen. Other similar baby names are Alsten, Dusten and Rusten.

Austen is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#34302 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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