Agatha also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the

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feminine name (''Agáthē''; alternative form: ''Agathḗ''), which is a nominalized form of (''agathḗ''), i.e. the feminine form of the adjective (''agathós'') "good". It was the name of St.

Agatha of Sicily Agatha of Sicily () is a Christian saint. Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and was martyred . She is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the ...

, a third-century

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external ...

. Rarely has the name been given in English-speaking countries during recent years. Agatha was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the

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during the 1930s. “Agatha” is a common name in

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and countries that speak

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Russian name

In Russian, the name "" (''Agata'') was borrowed from the Western European languages, and derives from the same

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root from which older names

Agafya Agafya (russian: Ага́фья) is a Russian female given name. Its colloquial forms are Agafiya, Agafia, and Ogafya. Notable people include: * Agafya Grushetskaya (born 1663), Tsaritsa of Russia * Agafya Kuzmenko (born 1897), Ukrainian teacher ...

Nikonov, p. 63 and AgafaPetrovsky, p. 38 also come. Its masculine version is Agat.Superanskaya p. 251 In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars,Superanskaya pp. 22 and 278 which included the new and often purposefully created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia. Toronto Slavic Quarterly. Елена Душечкина.
Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов
Its

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s include Agatka (), Aga (), and Gata ().

People

Agatha

(died 251), Christian saint sometime spelled as ''Saint Agata'' * Agatha, wife of Samuel of Bulgaria (born 10th century), Bulgarian Empress * Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile (before 1030 – after 1070), Anglo-Saxon royalty * Agatha of Lorraine (c.1120–1147), wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy * Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1632–1681), daughter of Count Philip Wolfgang of France * Agatha Marie of Hanau (1599–1636), German countess * Agatha Amata (born 1969), Nigeria television personality * Agatha Bacovia (1895–1981), Romanian poet * Agatha Barbara (1923–2002), only female President of Malta *

Agatha Bârsescu Agatha Bârsescu, also known by the name Agathe Barcesque (1857 – 1939), was a Romanian theatre actress, opera singer and teacher, known for her interpretations of Greek tragedies. Early life Agatha Bârsescu was born in Bucharest, capital of ...

(1857–1939), Romanian actress, opera singer, and teacher * Ágatha Bednarczuk (born 1983), Brazilian beach volleyball player * Agatha Bennett (1919–2006), American artist * Agatha Biddle (1797–1873), French fur trader *

Agatha Chapman Agatha Louisa Chapman (6 May 1907 – 17 October 1963) was a British-born economist at the Canadian Bureau of National Statistics from 1942 to 1947. She was the only woman to attend the first United Nations Sub-Committee on National Income Sta ...

(1907–1963), British-Canadian economist *

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

(1890–1976), English crime writer *

Agatha Deken Agatha ("Aagje") Deken (1741 in Nieuwer-Amstel – 14 November 1804, in The Hague) was a Dutch writer. Biography Agatha Deken was born in 1741. In 1745, after her parents died, she went to live in the 'Oranje Appel' orphanage in Amsterdam, wher ...

(1741–1804), Dutch writer *

Agatha Dietschi Agatha Dietschi, also known as ''Hans Kaiser'' and ''Schnitter Hensli'' (died after 1547), was a German charged for having lived her life as a man and married a woman. Her case is regarded as an important one in the history of prosecution of homose ...

(fl. 1547), German cross dresser *

Agatha Egbudike Agatha may refer to: * Agatha (given name), a feminine given name * Agatha, Alberta, a locality in Canada * List of storms named Agatha, tropical storms and hurricanes * Operation Agatha, a 1946 British police and military operation in Mandatory Pa ...

(born 1985), Nigerian weightlifter *

Agatha Gothe-Snape Agatha Gothe-Snape (born 1980) is an Australian artist who lives and works in Sydney, Australia. Her works range from digital slide presentations to performances to works on paper and, more recently, collaborative sound installations. A number of ...

(born 1980), Australian artist *

Agatha Harrison Agatha Mary Harrison (1885–1954) was an English industrial welfare reformer and unofficial diplomat. Life Harrison was born in Sandhurst, Berkshire to a Methodist minister and his wife. She did not attend university but she gained some educatio ...

(1885–1954), English industrial welfare reformer * Agatha Jassem, Canadian microbiologist * Agatha Kong (born 1988), Hong Kong singer * Agatha Lin (1817–1858), Chinese saint and martyr *

Agatha Maksimova Agatha Maksimova (born 23 June 1993) is a Russian-French actress and model. Personal life Agatha was born on 23 June 1993 in Moscow, Russia. She grew up in Moscow before settling at the age of 18 in Paris, France. She speaks English, French ...

(born 1993), Russian-French actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder * Agatha Moreira (born 1992), Brazilian actress and model *

Agatha van der Mijn Agatha van der Mijn (13 May 1700 – 1776/1796), was an 18th-century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands active in London. Biography She was the younger sister of the painter Herman van der Mijn, and like her niece Cornelia learne ...

(1700–c.1780), Dutch flower painter *

Agatha Lovisa de la Myle Agatha Lovisa de la Myle née Brumengeber or Brunnengräber (30 August 1724 - 1 September 1787), was a Finnish (originally Baltic German) poet and correspondent, " lady of letters". Born in Courland as the daughter of the clergyman Anders Brumeng ...

(died 1787), Baltic-German and Latvian poet *

Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada Águeda Isabel Ruiz de la Prada y Sentmenat, 13th Marchioness of Castelldosríus, 29th Baroness of Santa Pau, GE (born 22 July 1960), better known as Agatha Ruiz de la Prada (), is a Spanish fashion designer and aristocrat. Biography Ágath ...

(born 1960), Spanish noble and fashion designer * Agatha Sangma (born 1980), member of the Parliament of India * Agatha Streicher (1520 – 1581), German physician *

Agatha Welhouk Agatha Welhouk (1637–1715) was the central figure of a court case in the Netherlands, where she and her father, sued each other regarding whether a marriage should be considered legal if it had taken place without the consent of the parent. ...

(1637–1715), Dutch woman setting a legal precedent with regard to marriage *

Agatha Wong Agatha Chrystenzen Fernandez Wong (born May 20, 1998) is a Filipino wushu athlete who has won medals for the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games, and the World Wushu Championships. Early life and education Agatha Chrystenze ...

(born 1998), Filipino wushu athlete * Agatha Yi Kyong-i (1814–1840), Korean saint and martyr *

Agatha Zethraeus Agatha Wilhelmina Zethraeus (1872–1966) was a Dutch artist. Biography Zethraeus was born on 23 December 1872 in Amsterdam. She studied at the (''English:Day drawing school for girls'') . She studied under Jan Hanau, Wilhelmina Cornelia Kerl ...

(1872–1966), Dutch artist

Agathe

Agathe Aladin Agathe Aladin (born 1967) is a Haitian artist, known for her paintings in both oil and acrylic. Her paintings include scenes of family, womanhood, everyday life, and Haitian Vodou. Early life Agathe Aladin was born on May 25, 1967, in Jacmel ...

(born 1967), Haitian artist * Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), Norwegian pianist and composer *

Agathe L. van Beverwijk Agathe Louise van Beverwijk (18 September 1907 – 10 July 1963) was a Dutch mycologist and botanist. She spent most of her career at the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, where she was director from 1958 until her death in 1963. Biography Ag ...

(1907–1963), Dutch mycologist and botanist * Agathe Bonitzer (born 1989), French actress *

Agathe Fontain Agathe Fontain (born 1951) is a Greenlandic politician born in Sisimiut. She is a member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit Inuit Ataqatigiit (, , da, Folkets Samfund) is a democratic socialist, separatist political party in Greenland that aims to mak ...

(born 1951), Greenlandic politician *

Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan, called Mme Raimbaux or Raimbaux-Gavaudan, (1801 – 19 April 1877) was a French operatic contralto. Life Born in Paris, Gavaudan is the daughter of Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur Gavaudan and Alexandrine Marie Agathe Gavaudan ...

(1801–1877), French operatic contralto * Agathe Génois (born 1952), Canadian writer * Agathe Habyarimana (born 1942), the widow of former Rwandan President * Agathe de La Boulaye (born 1972), French actress * Agathe de La Fontaine (born 1972), French actress * Agathe Laisné (born 1999), French golfer *

Agathe Lasch Agathe Lasch (born 4 July 1879, in Berlin; died 18 August 1942, in Riga) was a German philologist. She was the first female professor of German studies in Germany, and the first female professor at the University of Hamburg. She founded the histo ...

(1879–1942), German philologist *

Agathe Lecaron Agathe Lecaron (born 8 March 1974) is a French radio and television presenter. She lived and worked for 15 years in Belgium for the radio stations NRJ Belgique, Bel RTL and RTL2 or for television channels like AB3, RTL-TVI, TF1, M6 or Franc ...

(born 1974), French radio and television presenter *

Agathe Max Agathe Max is a French violinist based in Lyon mainly active in the experimental music scene. Agathe Max plays electric violin combined with electronics, stomp boxes and a loop station. She collaborated with a series of other experimental musi ...

, French violinist *

Agathe Meunier Agathe Meunier (born 9 January 1993) is a French female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Laura Viaud and Léna Carrau, Meunier competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. References External links * 1993 births ...

(born 1993), French acrobatic gymnast * Agathe N'Nindjem-Yolemp (born 1980), Cameroonian basketball player * Agathe Ngani (born 1992), Cameroonian footballer * Agathe Ngo Nack (born 1958), Cameroonian athlete *

Agathe Pembellot Agathe Félicie Lélo Pembellot (21 May 1942 – 13 October 2016) was the first female judge of Republic of the Congo Brazzaville. She has held several positions in the Senior Congolese Judiciary. Biography Agathe Pembellot, from Republic of Co ...

(1942–2016), Congolese judge * Agathe Poschmann (born 1922), German actress * Agathe de Rambaud (1764–1853), French royal nanny * Agathe Rousselle (born 1988), French journalist, model, and actress *

Agathe de Saint-Père Agathe de Saint-Père (1657–1748) was a French-Canadian business entrepreneur and inventor. Background Agathe Legardeur or more commonly known as Agathe de Saint-Père was born on February 27, 1657, in New France or what is now Montreal. Growing ...

(1657–1748), French-Canadian business entrepreneur and inventor *

Agathe de Saint Etienne de La Tour Agathe de Saint Etienne de La Tour (1690 – in or after 1765) was a Canadian landowner. Life Tour was born in Cape Sable Island in 1690. Her parents were Anne Melanson and Jacques de Saint Etienne de La Tour and her grandfather was Charles de S ...

(1690–1765), Canadian landowner *

Agathe-Sophie Sasserno Agathe-Sophie Sasserno (3 October 1810 – 6 June 1860) was a French poet. She was born in Nice and spent her life there. Although she wrote in French, she considered herself Italian. Life Agathe-Sophie Sasserno was born in 1810 at the place Vi ...

(1810–1860), French poet * Agathe Sauzon (born 1992), French golfer * Agathe Snow (born 1976), New York based artist *

Agathe Sochat Agathe Sochat (born 21 May 1995) is a French rugby union player who plays for Stade Bordelais and the France women's national rugby union team. Career Sochat played for Stade Bordelais between 2013 and 2016 before joining Montpellier Hérault ...

(born 1995), French rugby union player * Agathe Sorel (born 1935), London artist * Agathe Martha Storch, Greenlandic politician * Agathe Thornton (1910–2006), New Zealand academic * Agathe von Trapp (1913–2010), eldest daughter of the Trapp Family Singers *

Agathe Turgis Agathe Turgis (19 January 1892 – 20 August 1980) was a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially know ...

(1892–?), French fencer * Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994), Rwandan Prime Minister 1993–1994 * Agathe Whitehead (1891–1922), British-Austrian heiress and aritocrat

Agata

Agata Balsamo Agata Balsamo ( Nicolosi, 11 November 1970) is an Italian former long-distance runner. Biography In her career she won 4 times the national championships. Achievements National titles *1 win in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championsh ...

(born 1970), Italian long-distance runner * Agata Barańska (born 1993), Polish tennis player *

Agata Biernat Agata Biernat (born 1989) is a Polish beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Polonia 2017. she represented Poland at the Miss World 2018 pageant in China, in December. Personal life Biernat lives in Zduńska Wola, Poland. She has been invo ...

(born 1989), Polish beauty pageant titleholder *

Agata Błażowska Agata Błażowska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 30 March 1978) is a Polish former competitive ice dancer. With Marcin Kozubek, she is the 1997 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, the 1999 Winter Universia ...

(born 1978), Polish ice dancer *

Agata Bulwa Agata Bulwa (born 4 September 1975) is a Polish archer. She competed in the women's individual and team events at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 200 ...

(born 1975), Polish archer *

Agata Buzek Agata Bronisława Buzek (born 20 September 1976) is a Polish actress and model. Agata, the daughter of Polish politician, former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, was born in Pyskowice in Gliwice Cou ...

(born 1976), Polish actress * Agata Ciabattoni, Italian mathematician *Ágata Cruz, pseudonym of Luz Machado (1916–1999), Venezuelan political activist, journalist, and poet *

Agata Czaplicki Agata Czaplicki (born 22 October 1983) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She represented Switzerland, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also held numerous national meet and age group records in a ...

(born 1983), Swiss swimmer *

Agata della Pietà Agata della Pietà (24 March 1712 - 17 October 1769) was an Italian composer, singer, and teacher of music at the Venetian charitable institution known as the Ospedale della Pietà. A foundling admitted in infancy to the Ospedale della Pietà in V ...

(fl. c. 1800), Italian composer, singer, and teacher of music * Agata Flori (born 1938), Italian film actress *

Agata Forkasiewicz Agata Forkasiewicz (born 13 January 1994) is a Polish sprinter. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She was selected to represent Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women' ...

(born 1994), Polish sprinter *

Agata Gotova Agata Gotova (born October 14, 1977) is a Russian actress and screenwriter. Biography Gotova began her career in the former Soviet Union at an early age. She performed as an extra in a television series called ''Budilnik'' (1987), which was simi ...

(born 1971), Russian child actress *

Agata Grzybowska Agata Grzybowska is a Polish photojournalist and war correspondent. She is well known for her photographs from the Syrian civil war, the 2011–2014 Egyptian crisis, and Euromaidan in Ukraine. Childhood and education Grzybowska was born in . S ...

(born 1984), Polish photojournalist *

Agata Guściora Agata Guściora (born 6 October 1994) is a Polish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadia ...

(born 1994), Polish footballer *

Agata Hikari Agata Hikari was a Japanese novelist and translator. She won many awards throughout her career, but was best known for her Noma Literary Prize-winning novel . Biography Hikari was born Kazue Asai in Tokyo, Japan on January 25, 1943. Her father ...

(1943–1992), Japanese novelist and translator *

Agata Karczmarek Agata Jadwiga Karczmarek (née Jaroszek; 29 November 1963 – 18 July 2016) was a Polish gymnast and long jumper. Her most successful contest was in 1997 when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her personal best ...

(1963–2016), Polish long jumper * Agata Karczmarzewska-Pura (born 1978), Polish volleyball player *

Agata Korc Agata Ewa Korc (born 27 March 1986) is a Polish swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multispor ...

(born 1986), Polish swimmer * Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 1972), wife of Andrzej Duda, president of Poland *

Agata Kryger Agata Kryger (born 29 November 1997) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. She is the 2013 Warsaw Cup champion and a three-time Polish national champion (2013–15). Career Kryger debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011. In ...

(born 1997), Polish figure skater * Agata Kulesza (born 1971), Polish actress *

Agata Materowicz Agata Materowicz (born 1963) is a contemporary Polish artist. She is a multi-disciplinary artist specialises in oil painting, including copies of masterworks and portraits painting, animation, puppetry, installation art, photography, sculpture ...

(born 1963), Polish artist *

Agata Mróz-Olszewska Agata Danuta Mróz-Olszewska (7 April 1982 – 4 June 2008) was a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Poland women's national volleyball team in 1997–2007, double European Champion ( Turkey 2003, Croatia 2005). She died of an infecti ...

(1982–2008), Polish volleyball player *

Agata Muceniece Agata Edgarovna Muceniece (Priluchnaya) ( lv, Agata Muceniece, russian: Ага́та Эдга́ровна Му́цениеце (Прилу́чная), born 1 March 1989) is a Latvian actress and model, and television presenter. Life and career M ...

(born 1989), Latvian actress, model, and television presenter *

Agata Ozdoba Agata may refer to: * AGATA (organization), a Lithuanian non-profit performing rights organization Name * Agata (given name) * Agata (surname) Places * Agata Station, a train station in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Physics * AGATA (g ...

(born 1988), Polish judoka * Agata Parahina (born 1999), Russian draughts player *

Agata Passent Agata Maria Passent (born 4 February 1973) is a Polish journalist and writer. Biography Passent was born in Warsaw into a family with Jewish roots, as a daughter of a journalist Daniel Passent and a poet Agnieszka Osiecka. Her Jewish paternal ...

(born 1973), Polish journalist and writer *

Agata Perenc Agata Perenc (born 19 March 1990) is a Polish judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔 ...

(born 1990), Polish judoka *

Agata Pietrzyk Agata Pietrzyk (born July 27, 1988) is a Polish female freestyle wrestler (59 kg). She won a bronze medal on 2008 FILA Wrestling World Championships. References Wrestler bio on Team USAWrestler Images on Getty Images Living people 1988 ...

(born 1988), Polish freestyle wrestler * Agata Piszcz, Polish sprint canoeist *

Agata Pyzik Agata Pyzik (born c. 1983) is a Polish journalist and cultural critic who has written on politics, art, music, and culture. In 2014 she wrote a book - ''Poor But Sexy: Culture Clashes in Europe East and West'' examined the artistic and cultural ...

(born 1983), Polish journalist and cultural critic * Agata Rosłońska (born 1983), Polish ice dancer * Agata Różańska (born 1968), Polish astronomer and astrophysicist *

Agata Sawicka Agata Sawicka (born 17 January 1985) is a Polish volleyball player, playing as a libero. She is part of the Poland women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or ...

(born 1985), Polish volleyball player * Agata Smogorzewska, Polish scientist *

Agata Smoktunowicz Agata Smoktunowicz FRSE (born 12 October 1973) is a Polish mathematician who works as a professor at the University of Edinburgh. Her research is in abstract algebra.

(born 1973), Polish mathematician *

Agata Strausa Agata Strausa (born 2 December 1989) is a Latvian long-distance runner. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were hosted in the city ...

(born 1989), Latvian long-distance runner *

Agata Suszka Agata Katarzyna Suszka (born 27 September 1971) is a Polish biathlete. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), ...

(born 1971), Polish biathlete *

Agata Szymczewska Agata Szymczewska (born 1985 in Gdańsk) is a Polish violinist and alumna of the Academy of Music in Poznań and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, where she studied under professors Bartosz Bryła and Krzysztof Węgrzyn, resp ...

(born 1985), Polish violinist *

Agata Tarczyńska Agata Tarczyńska (born 27 June 1988) is a Polish footballer who most recently played as a midfielder or striker for Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. Club career Tarczyńska's first team was AZS Wroclaw, and she first played the UEFA Wome ...

(born 1988), Polish footballer *

Agata Trzebuchowska Agata Trzebuchowska (; born 12 April 1992) is a Polish screenwriter and film director. She debuted in the film industry playing the title role in the 2013 film '' Ida'' for which she was nominated for many festival and industry awards. She works a ...

(born 1992), Polish actress *

Agata Tuszyńska Agata Tuszynska (born May 25, 1957) is a Polish writer, poet and journalist. Biography The daughter of Bogdan Tuszyński, sports reporter and historian, and Halina Przedborska journalist, Agata Tuszynska graduated from the prestigious Academy of ...

(born 1957), Polish writer, poet and journalist *

Agata Vostruchovaitė Agata Vostruchovaitė (born 2 December 2000) is a Lithuanian artistic gymnast and was the 2016 Lithuanian national champion. She represented Lithuania at the 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS ...

(born 2000), Lithuanian artistic gymnast *

Agata Witkowska Agata Witkowska (née Durajczyk; born 19 August 1989) is a Polish volleyball player, playing as a libero. She is part of the Poland women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 European Games, and 2015 Women's European Volleyball ...

(born 1989), Polish volleyball player * Agata Wojtyszek (born 1967), Polish politician *

Agata Wróbel Agata Ewa Wróbel (born August 28, 1981, in Żywiec) is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category. She took up weightlifting after watching the men compete in the 1996 Summer Olympics in A ...

(born 1981), Polish weightlifter *

Agata Wybieralska Agata Wybieralska (born 6 June 1978) is a Polish-Italian field hockey player for the Italian national team. She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey Wo ...

(born 1978), Polish-Italian field hockey player *

Agata Zubel Agata Zubel (born 1978 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish composer and singer. Life Zubel is a graduate of Wrocław's Karol Szymanowski High School of Music (percussion and music theory) and the Karol Lipiński University of Music, where she st ...

(born 1978), Polish composer and singer *

Agata Zupin Agata Zupin (born 17 March 1998) is a Slovenian athlete specialising in the 400 metre hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 f ...

(born 1998), Slovenian hurdler

Fictional characters

* Agatha de Lacey, a minor character in Mary Shelley's

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific exp ...

*Agatha Clay/Heterodyne, the heroine of the ''

Girl Genius ''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graph ...

'' comic book series *Agatha Magtibay, one of the main protagonists that is evil in The Blood Sisters (TV series) * Agatha Crumm, the title character of a newspaper comic strip *Agatha Flugelschmidt, a character in the live action/animated television series '' Noddy'' played by

Jayne Eastwood Jayne Eastwood (born December 17, 1946), also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff in the comedy film '' Finders Keepers'' (1984), Judy the Wa ...

*Agatha Gregson or Aunt Agatha, recurring character in the Jeeves stories of British writer P. G. Wodehouse *

Agatha Hannigan ''Annie'' is a 1999 American made-for-television musical-comedy-drama film from '' The Wonderful World of Disney'', adapted from the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan, which in turn i ...

, disturbed caregiver and central antagonist of ''

Annie (musical) ''Annie'' is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip '' Little Orphan Annie'' and loosely based on the 1885 poem " Little Orphant Annie" written by James Whitcomb Riley. The musical includes music by Charles Strous ...

'' * Agatha Harkness, Marvel Comics witch *Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast, the main antagonist of '' ParaNorman'' * Agatha Raisin, amateur detective in a series of novels by M.C. Beaton * Agatha Troy, Ngaio Marsh character, wife of Roderick Alleyn * Agatha Trunchbull, the sadistic antagonist of Roald Dahl's book '' Matilda'' * Agatha (Pokémon), a fictional character in the ''Pokémon'' franchise * Agatha, from the 2014 American comedy ''

The Grand Budapest Hotel ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a twentieth-century mountainside resort in the ficti ...

'' * Aunt Agatha, one of the main characters in the PBS Kids series '' Noddy''. *Agatha of Woods Beyond, one of the main characters in the book series ''The School for Good and Evil'

Regional variants

*Agafia ( Ukrainian) *Agat(h)e ( Danish,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, Norwegian) *Agata or Ágata ( Galician, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Slovene,

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, foreign adaptation for Ukrainian) *Agáta ( Czech, Slovak) *Ágota/Agota ( Hungarian,

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

) *Agate ( Latvian) *Águeda ( Galician, Portuguese,

) *Àgueda or Àgata (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

) *Ukanesh, Ukiana ( Chuvash) *Ågot ( Norwegian) *Agafya ( Russian)

Diminutive variants

*Aagje or Aagtje ( Dutch)Aagje
an
Aagtje
at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch given names *Agacia ( Polish) *Agusia ( Polish) *Agatina ( Italian) *Agatka ( Polish) *Aggie ( English) *Ági ( Hungarian) *Agunia ( Polish) *Aguś ( Polish) *Agotėlė (

) *Agasha ( Russian) *Ague (

)

References

Notes

Sources

*В. А. Никонов (V. A. Nikonov). "Ищем имя" (''Looking for a Name''). Изд. "Советская Россия". Москва, 1988. *Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005. * А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. * А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{given name Given names of Greek language origin Greek feminine given names Dutch feminine given names English feminine given names Russian feminine given names Slovene feminine given names Swedish feminine given names Feminine given names pl:Agata