# Avgustina

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**Avgustina** (Russian: Августи́на) is an uncommon Russian female [first name](/source/Given_name).[1] Its masculine versions are [Avgustin](/source/Avgustin)[2] and [Avgust](/source/Avgust).[1] The name is derived from the [Latin](/source/Latin) word *augustus*, which means *majestic*, *sacred*, and was borrowed by Russians from [Byzantine](/source/Byzantine_Empire) Christianity.[1] Its colloquial forms are **Avgusta** (А́вгуста) (which can also be a [separate, albeit related, name](/source/Avgusta)) and **Gusta** (Гу́ста).[2]

The name was included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, but was omitted from the official [Synodal](/source/Synod) [Menologium](/source/Menologium) at the end of the 19th century.[3] In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,[4] which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.[5]

Its [diminutives](/source/Diminutive) include **Ava** (А́ва),[6] **Avgustinka** (Августи́нка), **Avgusta** (Авгу́ста), **Gusta** (Гу́ста), **Gustya** (Гу́стя), **Ustya** (У́стя), **Gusya** (Гу́ся), **Gutya** (Гу́тя), and **Tina** (Ти́на).[2]

## See also

- [Avguštine](/source/Avgu%C5%A1tine)

## References

### Notes

1. Nikonov, p. 63

1. Petrovsky, p. 32

1. Superanskaya [2], pp. 23 and 277

1. Superanskaya [2], pp. 22 and 277

1. [Toronto Slavic Quarterly](/source/Toronto_Slavic_Quarterly). Елена Душечкина. "[Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов](http://sites.utoronto.ca/tsq/12/dushechkina12.shtml)" (in Russian)

1. Superanskaya [1], p. 250

### Sources

- В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (*Looking for a Name*). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. ISBN 5-268-00401-8
- Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (*Dictionary of Russian First Names*). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-17-002940-3
- [1] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (*Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling*). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
- [2] А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (*Dictionary of Russian Names*). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5

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