Augusto

Augusto is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Augustus, from a Latin word meaning venerable or majestic. Augustus became an important Roman title after it was granted to Octavian, the first Roman emperor. That history gives the name an association with dignity and public honor, rather than making it simply a longer form of a month name.

August, the calendar month, and the given name Augusto belong to the same wider history. The final o is a characteristic feature of this form in several Romance languages, though the pronunciation varies between them. Augustus and August offer related alternatives, while Augusto keeps the classical reference in a form established across more than one modern language.