August (name) - Meaning

Meaning

It derives from Latin Augustus. American Heritage Dictionary: inspiring awe or admiration.

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    “From man’s blood-sodden heart are sprung
    Those branches of the night and day
    Where the gaudy moon is hung.
    What’s the meaning of all song?
    “Let all things pass away.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “A moment in time but time was made through that moment: for without the meaning there is no time, and that moment of time gave the meaning.”
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    “God ... created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed—that is the meaning of evolution.”
    —Graham Greene (1904–1991)