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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname AUST,
AUSTEN, AUSTIN, AUSTING, ASTEN, ASTIN, ASTINS.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological
Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A.,
1857.
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AUST, AUSTEN, AUSTIN,
AUSTING, ASTEN, ASTIN, ASTINS.
Bardsley has: A baptismal name meaning "the son of Augustine";
O.E. Austin. Very popular in the 13th century.
"Til he foundede
freres
of Austynes ordre."
Piers Plowman, 10193-4.
The name was made common
by the Austin Friars, or Black Canons, as they were often styled from
their black cloaks, who were established early in the 12th century in England,
and possessed of about 170 houses. Astin
(q.v.), confounded often with the local Aston,
was an early form. Arthur
has: AUSTIN
(Latin) A contraction of Augustine, from Augustinus,
imperial, royal, great, renowned.
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