Agnes (name)

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Agnes
The name Agnes was widely used to honor Saint Agnes of Rome
GenderFeminine
Language(s)English, Greek, Germanic
Origin
Meaning"pure, holy"

Agnes is a feminine

Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-, meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship,' from which is also the Vedic term yajña. It is mostly used in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages
.

It was the name of a popular Christian saint,

Anna, related in medieval and Elizabethan times to Agnes, though Anne/Ann/Anna are derived from the Hebrew Hannah ('God favored me') rather than the Greek.[3]
It remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for American baby girls during that decade.

The peak of its popularity was between 1900 and 1920, when it was among the top fifty given names for American girls. Agnieszka was the sixth-most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2007, having risen as high as third place in Sweden and Poland in 2006. It was also ranked among the top one hundred names for baby girls born in Hungary in 2005.[4] Neža, a Slovene shortened variant of the name, was ranked among the top ten names for baby girls born in Slovenia in 2008. French forms Inès and Ines were both ranked among the top ten names for girls born in Brussels, Belgium in 2008.

Name variants

  • Anjeza, Anja, Anushi, Anija (3 Tetor) (Albanian)

Notable people

Saints

Noblewomen

Others

Agnes

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F–M
N–Z

Ágnes

Agnès

Agness

Fictional Characters

  • Agnes Gru, character in the Despicable Me franchise

See also

References

  1. ^ "20 nomi femminili vintage (ma ancora bellissimi)". Donna Moderna (in Italian). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Shakespeare's Wife." New York Times. 4-27-2008.
  3. ^ Behind the Name