Sentence:  <WSD>"August</WSD>", Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an "a". Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (from=English) derived from the month (rare modern usage).