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Love August! My fave combo for him is Solomon August. He's in the middle so he doesn't become an Auggie or a Gus :-)

I know and dislike an August who is often known as Gus. So the vibes are wrong.

I really like August for a girl or a boy, it is equally masculine and feminine to me. Augustine though seems completely feminine to me. The first August and the only Augustine I've ever met were both girls, Augustine went by Auggie. August when by August and a nn that didn't arise from her name.

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I used to dislike Auggie but after a while I've come to really like Augie as a nn for a girl or a boy. I like Gus too but only for a boy. It took me a while to get used to both those nn's and after making a couple positive associations I really like both Auggie / Augie and Gus.

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Guster could work as a nn or Gusie. If August has a mn that starts with a complimentary letter he could go by AJ or AZ or any other Asomething combo that you think sounds good but AJ is the traditional one. If his mn starts with L you could call him Al. A female August could have the nn Peridot or Summer or whichever season august is where you live.

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I can't think of any other nn's sorry. August is a hard one to come up with nn's for if you don't like Augie or Gus. You could just not use any nn's or come up with one that suits him but is not name related. If someones family members are intent on giving them a nn they will eventually have one even if it is an incidentally conceived nn.

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This message was edited 3/22/2013, 3:54 PM

Is it The Fault in Our Stars? Because I started to think about August while I was reading that, too. I am very similar to you- I like it in full but not the potential nicknames. That might keep me from using it, except as a middle name.

It is a nice name; I can appreciate it but I wouldn't recomend it because it is also the name of a month.

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Name: August Smith
Date: August 1 2013

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this just takes away the specialness of a personal name. Am I the only one who thinks this?

I've seen a few little boys named August. It's alright. I think it's a little bit austere-seeming, maybe because August has no holidays and no rain, and because the word 'august' (aw-GUST) sounds dry and formal. There was a character in a book I read, long forgotten ... was it Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary from my childhood? who was a stereotypical social outcast kid, and that casts a slight shadow on it for me. But it is summery and calm-sounding, too. I can imagine August being a really really popular name, even though I don't think it ever will be that popular - it seems like a good enough name to be popular. So overall, I'd give it thumbs up as someone else's baby name.

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I think nn Augie could be pretty stylish on some people. I can't stomach "Gus." I think that's a name for an animal. No problem though - Augie is the natural nickname and Gus is artificial.