Austin, a popular city-inspired name thanks to Austin, Texas, is a contracted form of the name Augustine, which comes from the name Augustus (August), meaning "exalted" or "to increase." It has appeared inside the Social Security Administration's list of the 1,000 most popular baby boy names every year since 1900 and was even a top 100 name every year between 1986 and 2021. It's still given to several thousand baby boys every year, including the son of NBA player Matt Barnes and his fiancée, Anansa Sims. It can also be spelled Austyn to distance it from the city name.
