August babies have a particular energy to them.
Born at the peak of summer, right when the heat is at its fullest and the days are still long and golden. There is something abundant about August. Something ripe and bright and full of possibility. And if you are expecting a baby this month, you have an incredible amount to draw from when it comes to naming them.
August names can pull from the Roman tradition the month itself comes from, from the Leo and Virgo zodiac signs that split the month, from the peridot and spinel birthstones, from the flowers of late summer, from the warmth and light that defines the whole season. Every one of those threads leads to genuinely beautiful names.
Here are 55 top August baby names that are unique, meaningful, and worth considering for your summer baby.
August Baby Girl Names
Late summer girl names carry a warmth and a brightness that is hard to find in any other season’s naming tradition. These names feel like long evenings and golden light and the particular kind of beauty that only exists when summer is at its fullest.
- Augusta
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Majestic, venerable
The feminine form of Augustus and the most direct nod to the month itself. Vintage, strong, and completely underused right now.
- Aurora
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Dawn
The Roman goddess of dawn. August mornings have a particular quality of light that this name captures perfectly.
- Aurelia
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Golden
Golden is exactly the right word for August. A name of warmth and luminosity.
- Leonora
- Origin: Italian, from Eleanor
- Meaning: Bright, shining one
Leo is the zodiac sign for most of August and Leonora carries that solar, leonine energy beautifully.
- Leona
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Lioness
The lioness. Bold, warm, and directly connected to the Leo zodiac season.
- Soleil
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Sun
The sun is at its strongest in August. Pronounced so-LAY. One of the most beautiful sun names in any language.
- Calista
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Most beautiful
Connected to the star Callisto, one of Jupiter’s moons. Celestial and warm.
- Viola
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Violet flower
The violet is one of August’s symbolic flowers. Shakespeare’s most musical heroine shares this name.
- Poppy
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Poppy flower
Poppies bloom through late summer. Bright, cheerful, and rising fast as a name right now.
- Zinnia
- Origin: Latin, from botanist Johann Zinn
- Meaning: A late summer flower
Zinnias are one of August’s most iconic flowers. A botanical name almost nobody is using as a given name.
- Calliope
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Beautiful voice, muse of epic poetry
Pronounced kah-LY-oh-pee. The muse of poetry feels right for a baby born in the last golden days of summer.
- Peridot
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: August birthstone, green gem
The birthstone of August. A gem name that is completely rare and genuinely stunning.
- Celeste
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Heavenly
The August night sky is one of the best in the year for stargazing. A sky name for a sky season.
- Sunniva
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: Gift of the sun
A Norwegian saint’s name meaning the gift of the sun. Rare and luminous.
- Lyra
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: The lyre constellation
The Perseid meteor shower peaks every August and Lyra sits right in that part of the sky.
- Perseid
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Of Perseus, from the meteor shower
The most famous meteor shower of the year happens every August. An extraordinary, completely unique name for an August baby.
- Wren
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Small bird
Late summer is when wrens are at their most active and vocal. A bird name with country simplicity.
- Goldie
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Golden
August light is golden. A nickname turned given name with warmth and shine.
- Imogen
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning: Maiden
A Shakespeare name with a warm, late summer quality.
- Rosalind
- Origin: Germanic or Latin
- Meaning: Beautiful rose
August is still rose season. A literary name of warmth and beauty.
August Baby Boy Names
August boy names carry strength and warmth in equal measure. The month has Roman imperial roots and a heat and power to it that shows up in the names connected to it. These are names for boys born at the peak of summer.
- Augustus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Majestic, venerable
The Roman emperor Augustus gave the month his name. One of the most distinguished names in the entire Western tradition.
- August
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Majestic, great
The month name itself used directly as a given name. Rising fast right now and genuinely beautiful.
- Leo
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Lion
Leo is the zodiac sign for babies born before August 22nd. Short, warm, and one of the most popular boy names right now.
- Leander
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Lion man
The more unusual, literary form of Leo. The Greek hero who swam the Hellespont for love carries this name.
- Sol
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Sun
The sun is what August is all about. One syllable of pure solar warmth.
- Gus
- Origin: Latin, short form of Augustus or Gustav
- Meaning: Majestic, great
The short, friendly form of Augustus. Warm and completely country at the same time.
- Jasper
- Origin: Persian
- Meaning: Treasurer
Jasper is one of the gemstones associated with late summer and Leo. Warm, slightly vintage, and rising fast.
- Sirius
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Glowing, scorching
The Dog Star rises with the sun in August, which is where we get the phrase dog days of summer. A name of heat and brilliance.
- Orion
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Rising in the sky
August is when Orion begins to reappear in the pre-dawn sky. The great hunter’s name is bold and timeless.
- Peregrine
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Traveler, pilgrim
August is peak migration season for peregrine falcons across North America. A name of movement, freedom, and the open sky.
- Everett
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Brave as a wild boar
Solid, strong, and feels completely at home in a late summer setting.
- Arden
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Eagle valley
A valley name with summer warmth.
- Caspian
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: White
Made literary by C.S. Lewis. August by the water has a quality that fits this name perfectly.
- Forrest
- Origin: Old French
- Meaning: Woodland
Late summer forests have a fullness and a green depth that this name carries.
- Hawthorne
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Hawthorn tree
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in July but his name belongs to the late summer literary tradition.
Gender Neutral August Baby Names
Some of the most beautiful August names work for any baby. Open, warm, and carrying that same peak-of-summer energy regardless of who they are given to.
- August
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Majestic, great
Already in the boys section. Worth restating here because it is genuinely one of the most perfectly gender neutral month names in existence.
- Solstice
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Sun standing still
The summer solstice is in June but August carries all of that solar energy forward. A word name of rare astronomical beauty.
- Harvest
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Autumn harvest
August is when the first harvests begin. A season name of abundance and reward.
- Sunny
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Sunshine
The most direct August name possible. Warm, cheerful, and impossible not to love.
- Ember
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Smoldering coal
The ember glow of August evenings. A fire name for the hottest month.
- Wren
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Small bird
Already in the girls section. One of the most perfectly gender neutral nature names.
- Sage
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Wise, healing herb
Sage blooms in late summer. A herb and wisdom name.
- River
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Flowing water
August rivers run warm and slow. A water name of country freedom.
- Lark
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: The songbird
Larks sing at their loudest in late summer mornings. A bird name of pure joy.
- Peregrine
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Traveler, pilgrim
Already in the boys section. Works completely for any baby.
Rare And Unique August Baby Names
These are the names most parents scrolling through August name lists will never come across. Every one of them carries a genuine connection to the month, the season, or the traditions surrounding August, and every one of them is genuinely beautiful.
- Perseid
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Of the Perseid meteor shower
Already in the girls section. Worth restating here because it is the most unique August-specific name on this entire list and it works for any baby.
- Spinel
- Origin: Italian
- Meaning: August’s second birthstone, a deep red gem
Spinel was added as a second August birthstone in 2016. A gem name almost nobody knows about and a completely distinctive choice.
- Lammas
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Loaf mass, the ancient harvest festival celebrated on August 1st
Lammas Day on August 1st was one of the great festivals of the Celtic year. A name of abundance and celebration.
- Lughnasadh
- Origin: Irish Gaelic
- Meaning: Assembly of Lugh, celebrated on August 1st
The ancient Irish harvest festival honoring the god Lugh. Pronounced LOO-nah-sah. An extraordinary name for parents looking for something with genuine ancient roots.
- Solara
- Origin: Modern, from Latin sol
- Meaning: Of the sun
A modern sun name invented for its sound. Warm and completely original.
- Calyx
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: The protective outer covering of a flower
Flowers are at their fullest in August. A botanical name almost nobody is using.
- Titan
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Giant, powerful one
The Titan meteor shower peaks in August. A name of enormous mythological power.
- Aurel
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Golden
The masculine short form of Aurelia. Rare, warm, and carries all the golden quality of August light.
- Zephyrine
- Origin: French, from Greek
- Meaning: West wind
The warm west wind of late summer. A rare French name of extraordinary beauty.
- Verona
- Origin: Latin, from the Italian city
- Meaning: From Verona
Shakespeare set his greatest love story in Verona. The city’s name carries the warmth of an Italian August.
Wrapping Up
August is one of those months that deserves a name worthy of it.
Whether you go with something directly connected like Augusta or August, something celestial like Lyra or Sirius, or something rare and completely your own like Perseid or Spinel, your baby’s name can carry the whole warmth of their birth month with them.
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