Agatha

Where Agatha comes from

Borrowed from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Agatha
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 235
    Agatha of Sicily born
    Christian saint and martyress
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #421 among girls — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1890
    Agatha Christie born
    English mystery and detective writer
  4. 1891
    Peak, #365
    46 babies named Agatha — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,208.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Agatha Christie · English mystery and detective writer, 1890–1976
  • Agatha of Sicily · Christian saint and martyress, 235–261
  • Agatha Barbara · Maltese politician, 1923–2002
  • Agatha Sangma · Indian politician, born 1980
  • Agatha Ruiz de la Prada · Spanish fashion designer and Grandee, born 1960

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.