Augusta

[Jugoo28]

It's growing on me...am I going insane?

I absolutely love Augusta. It is a proper name and people will know how to spell / pronounce it.

The Alberta I know goes by Bertie which was cute as a kid and cool as a teen (She's still a teen now). Augusta is growing on me. What could it shorten to (know it doesn't have to shorten but people will inevitably try). Augie. Gus. Gus for a girl is pretty cool actually! Sta!

Yes Alberta is great too. Strong adult names but lots of shortening potential for kids

KERALA

Yes, like Berta. Which makes me personally think of Big Bertha, the howitzer.

or Busty Berta. Melanie always makes me think of Melons

I like it. Augustine maybe would sound 'softer'

Augustine is a boy's name and is still Gussie.

mike

Augustine can be a girl's name. At least in German and French.

There's obviously always Augustina? But that's a nun's name imo...

There's also Agostina and Agustina.

I actually kind of like Agostina.:)!

It's different. Lots of names are really pretty then you hear it so often that you think ugh! I used to think Chloe was nice until the umpteenth person started referring to Chlo or Claw-eh. Everyone I know who's had a baby boy in the past 12 years seem to have called it Harry or Jack, or Oliver.

I knew one who was Gussie or Gusta. I don't think it's a great sounding name, though I have nothing against it. Gertrude would be in the same category, in my opinion, and at least you could shorten that to Trudie or something more palatable.

Would you like to introduce yourself to people as Augusta or Gussie, OP? Always a good test.