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Agnes (name)

Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. This was Latinized Hagnes, and passed to Italian as , to French as , to Agnes in English and other Germanic languages, to Portuguese as , and to Spanish as .

Inès and Inez are modern French and English (international) derivatives of the Iberian variant.

The name descends from the Proto-Indo-European ', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship', from which also the Vedic term yajña originates. The Sanskrit Agni (अग्नि, ’fire’) can perhaps also be seen as related. The name is mostly used in Greece and in countries that speak Germanic languages.

It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact which encouraged its wide use. "Agnes" was the third-most popular name for women in the English-speaking world for more than 400 years. The traditional Welsh variant or diminutive is Nesta. Its medieval English pronunciation was Annis, and this and many other of its forms coincided with the equally popular name "Anna" (incl. Anne and Ann) which has a different origin, derived from the Hebrew 'Hannah" ('God favored me') rather than from the Greek. Agnes remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States, and last ranked among the top 1,000 names for American baby girls during that decade.

The peak of Agnes' popularity came 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 also ranked among the top one hundred names for baby girls born in Hungary in 2005. Neža, a Slovene shortened variant of the name, ranked among the top ten names for baby girls born in Slovenia in 2008. The French forms Inès and Ines both ranked among the top ten names for girls born in Brussels, Belgium in 2008.

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Agnes

  • Agnes, stage name of Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson (born 1988)

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  • Agnes Edwards (c. 1873–1928), Australian craftswoman
  • Agnes Ell (1917–2003), New Zealand cricketer
  • Agnes Ethel (1846–1903), American stage actress
  • Agnes Gardner Eyre (1881–1950), American pianist, composer, and piano teacher

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  • Agnes Fabish (1873–1947), New Zealand domestic servant, farmer, and homemaker
  • Agnes Mary Field (1896–1968), English film producer and director
  • Agnes Fingerin (d. 1514), German businesswoman
  • Agnes Finnie (died 1645), Scottish shopkeeper, moneylender, and tried witch
  • Agnes Fleischer (1865–1909), Norwegian pioneering teacher for disabled persons
  • Agnes Flight (born 1997), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Agnes Flora (1987–2005), Japanese bay racehorse
  • Agnes Fogo, American renal pathologist and professor
  • Agnes Fong Sock Har (born 1946), Singaporean military officer
  • Agnes Freda Forres (1881–1942), British artist and sculptor
  • Agnes Forster (died 1484), English prison reformer
  • Agnes Franz (1794–1843), German writer
  • Agnes Fraser (1876–1968), Scottish stage actress and soprano singer
  • Agnes Freund (1866– after 1902), German stage actress
  • Agnes Fry (1869–1958), British bryologist, astronomer, botanical illustrator, writer, and poet
  • Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939), American music educator

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  • Agnes Ibbetson (1757–1823), English plant physiologist
  • Agnes Igoye (born 1972), Ugandan social worker and campaigner against human trafficking
  • Agnes Inglis (1870–1952), American anarchist and architect
  • Agnes Irwin (1841–1914), American educator
  • Agnes Israelson (1896–1989), American politician

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  • Agnes Yombwe (born 1966), Zambian mixed media artist, arts educator, author, and mentor

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Ágnes

Agnès

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Agnieszka

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