Meaning and background
The story behind August
August can be understood in two supported ways: as a European personal name related to Roman Augustus, and in English as the eighth month, itself named for that emperor. Both routes lead back to the same Roman naming history but are not identical reasons for choosing it. In English it is normally pronounced AW-gust, with the stress at the beginning.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
August appears in 16 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɑɡəst/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/ɑɡəst/ · primary stress on syllable 1AA1 G AH0 S T
/ɔɡəst/ · primary stress on syllable 1AO1 G AH0 S T
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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