Austin Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Austin Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Austin

The Austin family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'son of Augustine', variants of the name Austin include Aust, Austen, Austyn, Austing, Asten, Astin and Astins. The name was borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, whose influence on Christianity is considered only to be second to that of Saint Paul. The popularity of the name was further increased by the fact that it was borne by Saint Augustine of Canterbury in the year 605. He brought Christianity to England in 597. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in the above countries. Examples of such are a Bennington Astin, Lincolnshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and an Alexander Austene who was a tailor in the Burgh, Scotland , in the year 1594. Austin has existed in Ireland since the fourteenth century and has two Gaelic forms, Oistin and MacAibhistin, which is mainly found in Connaught Province.