The name Austyn is a modern variant of Austin, a medieval name that is a contracted form of Augustine. It developed from the Latin name Augustus, which was originally a title meaning ‘the great’ or ‘the venerable’.
Austin is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Austin is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #71 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Austin, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 425,112 people – children, adults and seniors – named Austin living in the United States, which is approximately 0.13 % of the entire population.
The name Austyn is a modern variant of Austin, a medieval name that is a contracted form of Augustine. It developed from the Latin name Augustus, which was originally a title meaning ‘the great’ or ‘the venerable’.
Originally, Austyn was a... masculine name, but is predominantly used for girls since the 2010s.
Austin Mahone (*1996)
The young American was discovered on YouTube, performing covers of pop songs. Since 2010, he releases R&B and dance-pop songs, featuring Flo Rida and Pitbull, for example. Mahone cites Justin Bieber as a major inspiration.
Austin Butler (*1991)
Best known for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in 2022, Butler began his career acting in teen dramas. He gained recognition for The Carrie Diaries (2013 2014) and The Shannara Chronicles (2016 2017). In 2018, he made his debut on Broadway.
Austin Aries (*1978)
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. is better known by his ring name Austin Aries. The American made his wrestling debut in 2000 and has won numerous national and international championships. He was the first to win the Ring Of Honor World Championship twice (2004 and 2009).
Austin Powers
Powers is a fictional character living in the 1960s. He is created and portrayed by Mike Myers in three films and is seen as a parody of the James Bond character. The films combine the Swinging Sixties and hippie culture with classical tropes found in spy films. Austin's middle name is Danger.
When you hear the name Austin, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Austin? Are you also called Austin? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
is Austin, the capital city of Texas since 1846. It has about 1 million inhabitants, which makes it one of the most populated cities in the USA.
with Lake Austin is Austin Lake. The former is a water reservoir in Austin, Texas, the latter is a lake in Michigan.
also known as Bayless Dam, was constructed in 1909 outside Austin, Pennsylvania. The states' largest dam at the time failed after heavy rain in 1911, destroying the nearby city.
there is the Austin Town Hall Park. It became part of Chicago in 1899 after the neighborhood's annexation.
you'll find the Austin Street Center. It is one of the city's largest homeless shelters, existing for more than three decades.
The name Austin seems to be an integral part of the U.S. - without Austin, the Constitution, and basketball, the States wouldn't be the U.S. we love. This is evidenced by the fact that Austin is one of the few names which have been given in the U.S. in every single year since the beginning of the name statistics and thus since 1880. Of course, Austin hasn't been equally popular in all 143 years - it was most often given as a baby name before the 2000s: In 1996 it was one of the top 10 most popular baby boy names in the entire United States, ranking #9 on the SmartGenius Top Names chart.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Austin was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
3,527 young parents chose the name Austin for their newborn child in 2022, placing it at position 105 on the list of most popular boys' names - in other words, 104 boys' names were given more frequently in 2022. The name was particularly rare in 1969 - only 183 times in the whole year. This puts it at position 540 in our SmartGenius first name statistics for that year.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Austin is one of them. However, Austin is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Utah seem to particularly fancy this name – the 6,901 men called Austin who live here are 0,507% of all male residents and push their name up to #37 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Utah. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 425,112 people with the name Austin. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Austin on position 75 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With six letters, the name Austin is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Austin and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Austin, you can simply say:
Apple
Unicorn
Sun
Tiger
Igloo
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Austin
Austin
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Austin sounds like this:
