Austin is an English masculine given name, a medieval contraction of the Latin name Augustine, itself derived from the Roman name Augustus meaning 'great' or 'venerable'. The name evolved in Old French as Aostin (later Austin) through the regular deletion of the intervocalic [g] typical in Late Latin to Old French development, analogous to modern French août from Latin Augustus meaning "August" (the month). In medieval England, the July 17 feast of Saint Saint Augustine of Hippo influenced the use of the name at a time his works shaped orthodox Latin opinion.