Agnes

Where Agnes comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ), coming from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós, “pure, chaste”), Ancient Greek ἁγνεία (hagneía, “purity, chastity”). Doublet of Inez.
— Wiktionary's entry for Agnes
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 300
    Agnes of Rome born
    Christian martyr
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #54 among girls — 473 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1899
    Peak, #37
    1,611 babies named Agnes — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1900
    Agnes Moorehead born
    American actress
  5. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #288.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Agnes of Rome · Christian martyr, 300–304
  • Agnes Moorehead · American actress, 1900–1974
  • Agnes of Poitou · Holy Roman Empress, 1025–1077
  • Agnes Arber · British botanist, 1879–1960
  • Agnes Chow · Hong Kong political activist, born 1996

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.