Augustin

Venerable; majestic, through Latin augustus.

Augustin is a French masculine name with Latin roots and a meaning associated with being venerable or majestic. Its history also has a Christian connection: Augustin is the French name of Augustine of Hippo, the bishop and thinker. In French, the u has the rounded sound /y/, and the final -in is a nasal vowel, without a separate n sound. Those details make Augustin sound quite different from an English reading of its spelling. The crisp consonants in the middle and softer ending give it, to our ear, an elegant balance: substantial on the page, lighter when spoken in French.

Etymology: French Augustin continues Latin Augustinus, a name formed from Augustus with the suffix -inus.