Augustine

Augustine is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly maleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Mostly male
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Austria, France
US records 1880–2017: 12,714 male / 3,629 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Augustine

If you do not know Augustine’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Augustine,” in English, “Guten Tag Augustine,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Augustine,

German

Guten Tag Augustine,

French

Bonjour Augustine,

Spanish

Estimado/a Augustine:

Chinese

Augustine您好：

Japanese

Augustine様

English

Hi Augustine,

German

Hi Augustine,

French

Salut Augustine,

Spanish

Hola Augustine,

Chinese

Augustine你好：

Japanese

Augustineさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Augustine by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	common	man's name
Austria	rare	woman's name
France	rare	woman's name
Belgium	rare	woman's name
Switzerland	rare	woman's name
Germany	rare	woman's name
Ireland	rare	man's name

United States birth data

12,714 male · 3,629 female · 16,343 births recorded

Male ≈ 77.8%Female ≈ 22.2%

Records from 1980–2017: 92.8% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Augustine a male or female name?

Augustine is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Augustine in an email?

Is Augustine a unisex name?

Augustine is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Augustine a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/augustine. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_augustine,
  title  = {Is Augustine a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/augustine},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}