Aglaia is a feminine given name that comes from the ancient Greek
Grace
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninco ...
Aglaia
''Aglaia'' is a genus of 117 species of woody dioecious trees belonging to the Mahogany family (Meliaceae). These trees occur in the subtropical and tropical forests of Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific.
Some species are impo ...
(Ἀγλαΐα). It may also be written Aglaïa or sometimes as Aglaja, Aglaya, or Aglaea.
People named Aglaia include:
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Aglaia Anastasiou (born 1986), Greek swimmer
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Aglaia Coronio
Aglaia Coronio (''née'' Ionides; 1834 – 20 August 1906, el, Αγλαΐα Κορωνιού) was a British embroiderer, bookbinder, art collector and patron of the arts. Of Greek descent, she was the elder daughter of businessman and art collec ...
(1834–1906), British embroiderer, bookbinder, and art collector
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Aglaia Konrad
Aglaia Konrad (born 1960) is an Austrian photographer and educator living in Brussels.
Life
Konrad was born in 1960 Salzbourg, Austria. From 1990 to 1992 she studied at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, where she is also a research assistant. Konrad als ...
(born 1960), Austrian photographer and educator
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Aglaia Koras, Greek-American pianist
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Aglaia Kremezi
Aglaia Kremezi (Αγλαΐα Κρεμέζη) is a Greek food writer and journalist, often considered "one of Greece's foremost cooking authorities".
She lives on the island of Kea (island), Kea, Greece, where she runs a cooking school.
Bibliograp ...
, Greek food writer and journalist
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Aglaia Mortcheva (born 1972), Bulgarian animator, illustrator, voice actress, and professor
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Aglaia Papa (1904–1984), Greek painter
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Aglaia Pezzato
Aglaia Mafalda Pezzato (born 22 April 1994) is an Italian swimmer.
She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same n ...
(born 1994), Italian swimmer
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Aglaia Szyszkowitz (born 1968), Austrian actress
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Aglaja Brix (born 1990), German actress
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Aglaja Orgeni
Aglaja Orgeni (born Anna Maria von Görger St Jörgen; 17 December 1841 – 15 March 1926), was a Hungarian coloratura soprano.Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). "Orgeni, Aglaja" in Sadie 3: 752.
Biography
Orgeni was born in Rimászombat, Galicia (n ...
(1841–1926), Hungarian coloratura soprano
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Aglaja Schmid (1926–2003), Austrian stage and film actress
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Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), Swiss writer
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Aglaya Tarasova
Aglaya Viktorovna Tarasova (russian: Аглая Викторовна Тарасова; born April 18, 1994) is a Russian actress. She is best known for her role in a romantic drama ''Ice'' (as Nadya Lapshina). Winner of the Golden Eagle Award (2 ...
(born 1994), Russian actress
In fiction
* Aglaia, the wife of
Karagiozis
Karagiozis or Karaghiozis ( ell, Καραγκιόζης , tr, Karagöz ) is a shadow puppet and fictional character of Greek folklore, originating in the Turkish shadow play Karagöz and Hacivat. He is the main character of the tales narrated i ...
* Aglaia (or Aglaya) Yepanchin is the name of a character that features in Dostoyevsky's
The Idiot
''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69.
The title is an ...
, where she is the daughter of General Yepanchin.
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