Sham's Derby time was thus no worse than the fourth fastest time in history (behind Secretariat, Monarchos, and Northern Dancer), and may have been the second fastest time in history, with the only faster time run by another horse in the same race.
August is a very popular first name for males (#551 out of 1220, Top 45%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#5265 out of 150436, Top 3%).
[ 2 syll. au-gus(t), aug-u-st ] The baby boy name August is pronounced in German and Polish as AW-GuhST â . August is largely used in the English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. The name's meaning is august, dignified, holy. Augustus (Latin) is an original form of August. The adjective 'augustus' is itself derived from 'augere'.