Agatha also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the Greek 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, 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'' (Χρι ...

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 externa ...

. 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

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

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

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

and countries that speak

Germanic languages The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, Engli ...

Russian name

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

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

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

Agafa Agafa (russian: Ага́фа) is an old and uncommon Russian female first name.Petrovsky, p. 38 It is derived from the Greek word ''agathē'', meaning ''kind'', ''good''. It can also be a variant of the name Agafiya.Superanskaya, pp. 23 ...

Petrovsky, 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 Menologium (), also written menology, and menologe, is a service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. From its derivation from Greek , ''menológion'', from μήν ''m� ...

Toronto Slavic Quarterly The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

. Елена Душечкина.
Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов
Its

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

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

People

Agatha

* Agatha of Sicily (died 251), Christian saint sometime spelled as ''Saint Agata'' *

Agatha, wife of Samuel of Bulgaria Agatha ( bg, Агата, gr, Άγάθη; ) was the wife of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria. Biography According to a later addition to the history of the late-11th-century Byzantine historian John Skylitzes, Agatha was a captive from Larissa, and the ...

(born 10th century), Bulgarian Empress * Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile (before 1030 – after 1070), Anglo-Saxon royalty *

Agatha of Lorraine Agatha of Lorraine (c. 1120 – April 1147) was the wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy. She was the daughter of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Adelaide of Leuven. Agatha's children with her husband included: * Beatrice I, Countess of Bu ...

(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 Countess Agatha Marie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (22 August 159923 May 1636) was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard I (1569-1625) and his wife, Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576-1605). Agatha Marie was born in Buchsweiler (now ...

(1599–1636), German countess *

Agatha Amata Agatha Amata (born 4 November 1969), is a Nigerian media entrepreneur, talk show host, speaker, TV presenter and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show ''Inside Out with Agatha'', which is the longest running television talk show in ...

(born 1969), Nigeria television personality *

Agatha Bacovia Agatha Bacovia (born Agatha Grigorescu; March 8, 1895 – October 12, 1981) was a Romanian poet. Biography Born in Mizil, her parents were Șerban Grigorescu and his wife Maria (''née'' Anastasiu). Her mother died shortly after giving birth, a ...

(1895–1981), Romanian poet *

Agatha Barbara Agatha Barbara, (11 March 1923 – 4 February 2002) was a Maltese politician, having served as a Labour Member of Parliament and Minister. She was the first woman to serve as president of Malta, and remains the longest-serving woman Member ...

(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 R ...

(1857–1939), Romanian actress, opera singer, and teacher *

Ágatha Bednarczuk Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just ''Ágatha'', is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver m ...

(born 1983), Brazilian beach volleyball player *

Agatha Bennett Agatha Bennett (1919–2006) was an American artist. She is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting collective, alongside her mother-in-law, Delia Bennett. Her work is included in the collection of the High Museum of Art The High Museum of A ...

(1919–2006), American artist *

Agatha Biddle Agatha de LaVigne Biddle (1797–1873) was a woman of Odawa and French heritage, who primarily identified with her Odawa kin. She resided on Mackinac Island during the fur trade era and after. She acted as a partner with her husband in runn ...

(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 (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 Agatha Jassem is a Canadian clinical microbiologist and the program head of the Virology Lab at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory, and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pathology & Labora ...

, Canadian microbiologist * Agatha Kong (born 1988), Hong Kong singer *

Agatha Lin Agatha Lin, born in Qinglong County, Guizhou, Qinglong in the Guizhou of southeast China in 1817, was a Chinese saint and martyr. She was a headmistress and Catechesis, catechist, and one of the first to evangelize the Miao people. She was behe ...

(1817–1858), Chinese saint and martyr * Agatha Maksimova (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 Events January–March * January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase of land for the seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro), for ...

), 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 Ágatha ...

(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 (1637–1715), Dutch woman setting a legal precedent with regard to marriage * Agatha Wong (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 (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 Agathe Bonitzer (born 24 April 1989) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1996. Career In August 2018, it was announced that Bonitzer would star in the Netflix science fiction series ''Osmosis''. The series prem ...

(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 (1801–1877), French operatic contralto * Agathe Génois (born 1952), Canadian writer *

Agathe Habyarimana Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana, ''née'' Kanziga (born 21 January 1942 in Karago, Gisenyi prefecture, Western Province, Rwanda) is the widow of former President of Rwanda Juvénal Habyarimana and former First Lady of Rwanda from 1973 until 1994. Ka ...

(born 1942), the widow of former Rwandan President *

Agathe de La Boulaye Agathe de La Boulaye is a French film and television actress. She played Adele Rousseau in 2004 science fiction film ''Alien vs. Predator''. In 2008 she played quadriplegic psychiatrist Claire Etxebarra in the television series '' Disparitions, re ...

(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, French violinist * Agathe Meunier (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 Agathe Poschmann (born 18 January 1922) is a German actress of stage, radio and film. She frequently played a young lover on the stage. Life Poschmann was born in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1922. She trained in Berlin from 1940 to 1942 ...

(born 1922), German actress * Agathe de Rambaud (1764–1853), French royal nanny *

Agathe Rousselle Agathe Rousselle (; born 14 June 1988) is a French journalist, model, and actress. She is the co-founder of feminist magazine ''Peach'' and a custom embroidery company Cheeky Boom. She is also known for her lead performance as Alexia in the body ...

(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 Sai ...

(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 Agathe Sauzon (born 25 January 1992) is a French professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. She finished second in the team event of the 2021 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande. Early life and amateur career Sauzon was born in 1 ...

(born 1992), French golfer *

Agathe Snow Agathe Snow (; née Aparru)Roberta Smit ''The New York Times'', July 15, 2009. (born 1976) is an artist based in Long Island, New York. Before moving to Long Island in 2008, she lived and worked in New York City. Biography Snow was born in Corsic ...

(born 1976), New York based artist * Agathe Sochat (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 Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (12 March 1913 – 28 December 2010) was the eldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was also a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the in ...

(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 Agathe Uwilingiyimana (; 23 May 1953 – 7 April 1994), sometimes known as Madame Agathe, was a Rwandan political figure. She served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 18 July 1993 until her assassination on 7 April 1994, during the opening stage ...

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

Agata

* Agata Balsamo (born 1970), Italian long-distance runner *

Agata Barańska Agata Barańska (born 23 December 1993) is a Polish former tennis player. On 11 June 2012, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 461. In her career, she won four doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She is a Polish nati ...

(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 (born 1978), Polish ice dancer * Agata Bulwa (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 Agata Ciabattoni is an Italian mathematical logician specializing in non-classical logic. She is a full professor at the Institute of Logic and Computation of the Faculty of Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and a co-ch ...

, Italian mathematician *Ágata Cruz, pseudonym of

Luz Machado Luz Machado (Ciudad Bolívar, February 3, 1916 – August 11, 1999, pseudonym: Ágata Cruz) was a Venezuelan political activist, journalist and poet. She founded the Circle of Venezuelan Writers (''Círculo Escritores de Venezuela'') and was a ...

(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 Agata Flori (born 1938) is an Italian former film actress.Hughes p.173 She starred in several spaghetti westerns during the 1960s and 1970s. She was married to the producer Dario Sabatello. Selected filmography * ''Seven Guns for the MacGregors'' ...

(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 (born 1986), Polish swimmer *

Agata Kornhauser-Duda Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 2 April 1972) is a Polish former teacher and the current First Lady of Poland. She is married to the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Background and family Kornhauser was born in Kraków, the child of Julian Kornhau ...

(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 Agata Kulesza-Figurska (; born 27 September 1971) is a Polish film, television and stage actress, and a member of the Polish Film Academy.

(born 1971), Polish actress * Agata Materowicz (born 1963), Polish artist * Agata Mróz-Olszewska (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 (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 (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 Agata Smogorzewska is a Polish-born scientist. She is an associate professor at Rockefeller University, heading the Laboratory of Genome Maintenance. Her work primarily focuses on Crosslinking of DNA, DNA interstrand crosslink repair and the diseas ...

, 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 (born 2000), Lithuanian artistic gymnast * Agata Witkowska (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 (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 ex ...

*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 Graphic ...

'' comic book series *Agatha Magtibay, one of the main protagonists that is evil in

The Blood Sisters (TV series) ''The Blood Sisters'' is a 2018 Philippine drama television series directed by Jojo Saguin, starring Erich Gonzales in three characters: Erika, Carrie, and Agatha. The series premiered on ABS-CBN's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldwide o ...

Agatha Crumm ''Agatha Crumm'' is a newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist Bill Hoest (creator of ''The Lockhorns'') and distributed by King Features Syndicate. The strip ran from October 24, 1977, until 1997. ''Agatha Crumm'' was Hoest's third strip, ...

, the title character of a newspaper comic strip *Agatha Flugelschmidt, a character in the live action/animated television series '' Noddy'' played by

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*Agatha Gregson or

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, 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 ''

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'' * Agatha Harkness, Marvel Comics witch *Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast, the main antagonist of '' ParaNorman'' *

Agatha Raisin Agatha Raisin is a fictional detective in a series of humorous mystery novels, originally written by Marion Chesney using the pseudonym M. C. Beaton. Chesney's friend Rod W. Green took over as writer with ''Hot to Trot''. The books are published ...

, amateur detective in a series of novels by M.C. Beaton *

Agatha Troy Roderick Alleyn (pronounced "Allen") is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934. He is the policeman hero of the 32 detective novels of Ngaio Marsh. Marsh and her gentleman detective belong firmly in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, ...

, Ngaio Marsh character, wife of Roderick Alleyn *

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'' *

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, a fictional character in the ''Pokémon'' franchise * Agatha, from the 2014 American comedy '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' * Aunt Agatha, one of the main characters in the

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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 Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

) *Agat(h)e (

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

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 ...

, Greek, Norwegian) *Agata or Ágata ( Galician, Portuguese, Italian,

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

, Slovene, Spanish,

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

) *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, Spanish) *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 #1 ...

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

Diminutive variants

*Aagje or Aagtje ( Dutch)Aagje
an
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at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch given names *Agacia (

) *Agusia (

) *Agatina ( Italian) *Agatka (

) *Aggie (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

) *Ági ( Hungarian) *Agunia (

) *Aguś (

) *Agotėlė (

) *Agasha ( Russian) *Ague ( Spanish)

References

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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