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Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek , meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as , to French as , to Portuguese as , and to Spanish as . It is also written as "Agness". Inez is an English variant. The Greek name descends from the Proto-Indo-European '' *h₁yaǵ-'', meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship', from which also the Vedic term ''yajña'' originates. The name is mostly used in Greece and in countries that speak Germanic languages.

It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, a fact which encouraged its wide use. "Agnes" was the third-most popular name for women in the English-speaking world for more than 400 years. Its medieval English pronunciation was ''Annis'', and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name "Anna", related in medieval and Elizabethan times to ''Agnes'', though Anne/Ann/Anna derive from the Hebrew 'Hannah" ('God favored me') rather than from the Greek. It remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States, and last ranked among the top 1,000 names for American baby girls during that decade.

The peak of its popularity came between 1900 and 1920, when it was among the top fifty given names for American girls. ''Agnieszka'' was the sixth-most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2007, having risen as high as third place in Sweden and Poland in 2006. It also ranked among the top one hundred names for baby girls born in Hungary in 2005.Behind the Name
/ref> ''Neža'', a Slovene shortened variant of the name, ranked among the top ten names for baby girls born in Slovenia in 2008. The French forms ''Inès'' and ''Ines'' both ranked among the top ten names for girls born in Brussels, Belgium in 2008.

Name variants

*Agnė, Ugnė ''(mean: fire)'' ( Lithuanian)
*Ágnes ( Hungarian)
* Agneeta ( Finnish)
*Agnes ( Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
*Agni (Sanskrit)
* Anežka (Czech)
* Agnès (French, Catalan)
* Agnés (Valencian)
*Агнеса (Agnesa) (Macedonian)
* Agnese (Italian, Latvian)
*Agnessa (Russian)
*Agneta ( Catalan, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
*Agnete ( Danish, Norwegian)
* Agnetha ( Scandinavian)
* Agnethe ( Danish, Norwegian)
* Agneza ( Croatian)
*अग्नि (Agní) (Sanskrit)
*Αγνή (Agni) (Greek)
* Agnieszka (Polish)
*Агнија (Agnija) (Macedonian)
* Agniya (Russian)
*Aigneas (Scottish Gaelic)
* Aignéis ( Irish)
*Akanete ( Tongan)
*Akanisi ( Fijian)
*Akenehi (Māori)
* Akneeta ( Finnish)
* Akneetta ( Finnish)
*Aknes ( Finnish)
*Aknietta ( Finnish)
*Anê (Vietnamese)
* Anessa ( English)
* Anissa ( English)
* Angnes (Dutch)
*Anjeza, Agnesa (Albanian)
*Agnez, Agnes (Indonesian)
* Annest ( Welsh)
* Annice ( English)
*Aune (Estonian, Finnish)
* Iines ( Finnish)
*إيناس ( Inās) (Arabic)
* Ines (French, German, Italian)
* Inès (French)
*Inés (Spanish)
* Inês ( Portuguese)
* Inesa ( Lithuanian)
* Inessa (Инесса) (Russian)
* Inez ( English)
*Janja ( Croatian, Slovenian)
*Nesta ( Welsh)
* Neža ( Slovenian)
* Nieske (Dutch)
* Oanez (Breton)
*Огняна ( Ognyana) ( Bulgarian)
*Агнеса (Ahnesa) ( Ukrainian)

Notable people

Saints

* Agnes of Assisi (1197/98–1253), one of the first abbesses of the Order of Poor Ladies
* Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282), Bohemian princess (also listed in next section)
* Agnes of Montepulciano (1263–1317), Dominican prioress
* Agnes of Rome (c. 291–c. 304), virgin martyr
* Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (1821–1856), Chinese martyr

Noblewomen

* Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg (c. 1090-1125), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
* Agnes of Aquitaine (disambiguation)
* Agnes of Antioch, (1154–c. 1184), Queen consort of Hungary
* Agnes of Austria (disambiguation)
* Agnes of Babenberg (c. 1108/13–1163), High Duchess of Poland and Duchess of Silesia
* Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282), Bohemian princess and saint (see above)
* Agnes of Brandenburg (c. 1257–1304), Queen consort and regent of Denmark
* Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine (died 1068)
* Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon (1407–1476)
* Agnes of Courtenay (c. 1136–c. 1184), Queen consort of Jerusalem
* Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress (1171–after 1207)
* Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (c. 1260–1327)
* Agnes of Germany (1072–1143), Duchess consort of Swabia by her first marriage, Margravine consort of Austria by her second
* Agnes of Habsburg (c. 1257–1322), Duchess of Saxony
* Agnes Hammarskjöld (1866–1940), wife of Swedish noble Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
* Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1804–1833)
* Agnes of Hohenstaufen (1176–1204), Countess Palatine of the Rhine
* Agnes Hotot (14th century), English noblewoman known for winning a lance fight
* Agnes of Merania (died 1201), Queen of France
* Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267), Duchess of Bavaria
* Agnes of Poitou (1025–1077), Holy Roman Empress and regent
* Agnes of Rochlitz (died 1195), Duchess of Merania and Countess of Andechs
* Agnes of Wrocław (1230/1236-1277), Silesian princess from the Piast dynasty
*Agnès Sorel (died 1450), mistress of Charles VII of France, and the first officially recognized mistress of a French king
* Agnes, daughter of Ottokar II (before 1260–after 1279), Bohemian noblewoman
* Mihrişah Valide Sultan or Sultana Mehr-î-Shah (ca. 1745–1805), spouse of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III, mother of Caliph Sultan Selim III, believed to have the given name Agnès
* Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (c. 1477–1545)
* Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe (1836–1920), second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada
* Agnes Randolph (c. 1312–1369), Countess of Dunbar and March

Fictional characters

Agnes Gru, a character in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise

Others

Agnes

* Agnes, stage name of Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson (born 1988)

A

* Agnes Aanonsen (born 1966), Norwegian luger
* Agnes Dean Abbatt (1847–1917), American painter
* Agnes Abuom, Kenyan Christian organizational worker
* Agnes Acibu, Ugandan politician
* Agnes Jones Adams (1858–1923), American civil rights activist
* Agnes Addison (1842–1903), New Zealand draper
* Agnes Adler (1865–1935), Danish pianist
* Agnes Aduako (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
* Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat
* Agnes Akiror (born 1968), Ugandan politician
* Agnes Baldwin Alexander (1875–1971), American author
* Agnes Alexiusson (born 1996), Swedish boxer
* Agnes Alfred (c. 1890–1992), Canadian storyteller and noblewoman
* Agnes Allafi (born 1959), Chadian politician and sociologist
* Agnes Allen (1898–1958), English children's book author
* Agnes Allen (1930–2012), American baseball pitcher
* Agnes Alpers (born 1961), German politician and educator
* Agnes Ameede (born 1970), Ugandan politician
* Agnes Atim Apea, Uganda social entrepreneur
* Agnes Arber (1879–1960), British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian, and philosopher
* Agnes Arellano (born 1949), Philippine sculptor
* Agnès Armengol (1852-1934), Spanish writer, pianist, composer
* Agnes Armstrong (born 1959), Cook Islands politician
* Agnes Arvidsson (1875–1962), Swedish pharmacist
* Agnes Asche (1891–1966), German socialist
* Agnes Ashford (fl. 15th century), Christian evangelist
* Agnes Barr Auchencloss (1886–1972), medical officer at H.M. Factory Gretna, on the University of Glasgow Roll of Honour
* Agnes Ayres (1898–1940), American silent film star

B

* Agnes Baden-Powell (1858–1945), British pioneer, founder of the Girl Guides movement
* Agnes Bakkevig (1910–1992), Norwegian politician
* Agnes Baliques (1641–1700), Roman Catholic religious leader
* Agnes Ballard (1877–1969), American architect and educator
* Agnes Baltsa (born 1944), Greek mezzo-soprano singer
* Agnes Barker (1907–2008), Australian potter and craftworker
* Agnes Jeruto Barsosio (born 1983), Kenyan long-distance runner
* Agnes Sime Baxter (1870–1917), Canadian mathematician
* Agnes Beaumont (c. 1652–1720), English religious autobiographer
* Agnes Beckwith (1861–1951), English swimmer
* Agnes Benidickson (1920–2007), Canadian college chancellor
* Agnes Bennett (1872–1960), New Zealand doctor and Chief Medical Officer in World War I
* Agnes Benítez (born 1986), Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder
* Agnes Berger (1916–2002), Hungarian-American mathematician and professor
* Agnes Bernard (1842–1932), Roman Catholic nun
* Agnes Bernauer (1410–1435), morganatic wife of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
* Agnes Bernelle (1923–1999), Berlin actress and singer
* Agnes Binagwaho, Rwandan pediatrician and college chancellor
* Agnes Forbes Blackadder (1875–1964), Scottish medic
* Agnes Blackie (1897–1975), New Zealand professor
* Agnes Blannbekin (c. 1244–1315), Austrian Beguine and Christian mystic
* Agnes Block (1629–1704), Dutch art collector and horticulturalist
* Agnes Bluhm (1862–1943), German medical doctor and Goethe medal recipient
* Agnes Body (1866–1952), British headmistress
* Agnes Bolsø (born 1953), Norwegian sociologist
* Agnes Booth (1843–1910), Australian-American actress
* Agnes Börjesson (1827–1900), Swedish painter
* Agnes Borrowman (1881–1955), Scottish pharmaceutical chemist
* Agnes Boulton (1893–1968), British-American pulp magazine writer
* Agnes Rose Bouvier Nicholl (1842–1892), English artist
* Agnes Bowker (born c. 1541, death date unknown), English domestic servant and alleged mother of a cat
* Agnes Branting (1862–1930), Swedish textile artist and writer
* Agnes M. Brazal, Filipina theologian
* Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876–1955), American numismatist and archaeologist
* Agnes Broun (1732–1820), mother of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns
* Agnes Brown (1866–1943), Scottish suffragist and writer
* Agnes Bruckner, American actress and model
* Agnes Bugge (born before 1417 and died after 1430), English brewer
* Agnes Bulmer (1775–1836), English poet
* Agnes Buntine (c. 1822–1896), Scottish pastoralist and bullocky
* Agnes Burns (1762–1834), sister of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns
* Agnes Busby (1800–1889), New Zealand pioneer
* Agnes Bushell (born 1949), American writer and teacher

C

* Agnes Callard (born 1976), Hungarian professor
* Agnes Kane Callum (1925–2015), American genealogist
* Agnes Deans Cameron (1863–1912), Canadian educator, writer, journalist, lecturer, and adventurer
* Agnes Campbell (1637–1716), Scottish businesswoman
* Agnes Canta (1888–1964), Dutch painter
* Agnes Carlsson (born 1988), Swedish pop star, better known by the mononym Agnes
* Agnes Castle (1860–1922), Irish author
* Agnes Catlow (1806–1889), British writer
* Agnes Chan (born 1955), Hong Kong-based singer, television personality, professor, essayist, and novelist
* Agnes Chan Tsz-ching (born 1996), Hong Kong rugby union player
* Agnes Charbonneau, American politician and educator
* Agnes Chavez, Cuban-American artist, educator, and social entrepreneur
* Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia (born 1956), Ghanaian politician
* Agnes Chow (born 1996), Hong Kong-based politician and democratic activist
* Agnes Muriel Clay (1878–1962), English historian and writer
* Agnes Morley Cleaveland (1874–1958), American writer and cattle rancher
* Agnes Mary Clerke (1842–1907), Irish astronomer and writer
* Agnes Bell Collier (1860–1930), British mathematician
* Agnes Kalaniho'okaha Cope (1924–2015), Hawaiian historian and spiritual healer
* Agnes Conway (1885–1950), British writer, historian, and archaeologist
* Agnes Cotton (1828–1899), English social reformer and philanthropist
* Agnes Marshall Cowan (1880–1940), Scottish physician
* Agnes Cowen, Cherokee politician
* Agnes Curran (1920–2005), British prison governor

D

* Agnes d'Harcourt (died 1291), French author
* Agnes Dahlström (born 1991), Swedish footballer
* Agnes Davies (1920–2011), Welsh snooker and billiards player
* Agnes Dawson (1873–1953), British politician and trade unionist
* Agnes de Frumerie (1869–1937), Swedish artist
* Agnes de Lima (1887–1974), American journalist and writer
* Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), American dancer and choreographer
* Agnes De Nul (born 1955), Belgian actress
* Agnes de Selincourt (1872–1917), Indian Christian missionary
* Agnes de Silva (1895–1961), Sri Lankan woman's activist
* Agnes de Valence (born 1250), French noblewoman
* Agnes Mariam de la Croix (born 1952), Lebanese Christian nun, known as Mother Agnes
* Agnes Denes (born 1931), Hungarian-American artist
* Agnes Dennis (1859–1947), Canadian educator and feminist
* Agnes Devanadera (born 1950), Filipina lawyer and politician
* Agnes Digital (1997–2021), American-Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
* Agnes Dobronski (1925–2013), American politician and educator
* Agnes Dollan (1887–1966), Scottish suffragette and political activist
* Agnes Dordzie, Ghanaian judge
* Agnes Meyer Driscoll (1889–1971), American cryptanalyst
* Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944), English poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, and translator
* Agnes Dunbar (fl. late 14th century), Scottish mistress
* Agnes Duncan (1899–1996), Scottish singer and conductor
* Agnes Dürer (1475–1539), wife of the Roman painter, Albrecht Dürer
* Agnes Dusart (born 1962), Belgian racing cyclist

E

* Agnes Edwards (c. 1873–1928), Australian craftswoman
* Agnes Ell (1917–2003), New Zealand cricketer
* Agnes Ethel (1846–1903), American stage actress
* Agnes Gardner Eyre (1881–1950), American pianist, composer, and piano teacher

F

* Agnes Fabish (1873–1947), New Zealand domestic servant, farmer, and homemaker
* Agnes Mary Field (1896–1968), English film producer and director
* Agnes Fingerin (d. 1514), German businesswoman
* Agnes Finnie (died 1645), Scottish shopkeeper, moneylender, and tried witch
* Agnes Fleischer (1865–1909), Norwegian pioneering teacher for disabled persons
* Agnes Flight (born 1997), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
* Agnes Flora (1987–2005), Japanese bay racehorse
* Agnes Fogo, American renal pathologist and professor
* Agnes Fong Sock Har (born 1946), Singaporean military officer
* Agnes Freda Forres (1881–1942), British artist and sculptor
* Agnes Forster (died 1484), English prison reformer
* Agnes Franz (1794–1843), German writer
* Agnes Fraser (1876–1968), Scottish stage actress and soprano singer
* Agnes Freund (1866– after 1902), German stage actress
* Agnes Fry (1869–1958), British bryologist, astronomer, botanical illustrator, writer, and poet
* Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939), American music educator

G

* Agnes Buen Garnås (born 1946), Norwegian folk singer
* Agnes Garrett (1845–1935), English suffragist and interior designer
* Agnes Gavin (1872–1947), Australian silent film actor and screenwriter
* Agnes Geene (born 1947), Dutch badminton player
* Agnes Geijer (1898–1989), Swedish textile historian and archaeologist
* Agnes Geraghty (1907–1974), American swimmer
* Agnes Giberne (1845–1939), British novelist and scientific writer
* Agnes Giebel (1921–2017), German classical soprano
* Agnes Goode (1872–1947), Australian social and political activist, best known as Mrs. A. K. Goode
* Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939), Australian painter
* Agnes Gordon (1906–1967), Canadian bridge player
* Agnes Grebill (died 1511), English Lollard martyr
* Agnes Griffith (1969–2015), Grenadian sprinter
* Agnes Charlotte Gude (1863–1929), Norwegian watercolorist and illustrator
* Agnes Gund (born 1938), American philanthropist and art collector
* Agnes Günther (1863–1911), German writer
* Agnes Guppy-Volckman (1838–1917), British spiritualist medium

H

* Agnes Haakonsdatter (1290–1319), eldest daughter of King Haakkon V of Norway
* Agnes C. Hall (1777–1846), Scottish writer
* Agnes Hamilton (1868–1961), American social worker
* Agnes Sillars Hamilton (c. 1794–1870), Scottish reformer, public lecturer, phrenologist, and woman's rights activist
* Agnes Hammarskjöld (1866–1940), wife of Swedish nobleman and prime minister, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
* Agnes Hamvas (born 1946), Hungarian archer
* Agnes Harben (1879–1961), British suffragist leader
* Agnes Hardie (1874–1951), British politician
* Agnes Ellen Harris (1883–1952), American educator
* Agnes Harrold (c. 1831–1903), New Zealand hotel manager, foster parent, nurse, and midwife
* Agnes Headlam-Morley (1902–1986), British historian and academic
* Agnes Heineken (1872–1954), German politician
* Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962), Danish writer and activist
* Agnes Herbert (late 1870s–1960), British writer and big game hunter
* Agnes M. Herzberg, Canadian statistician and professor
* Agnes Hewes (1874–1963), American children's author
* Agnes C. Higgins (1911–1985), Canadian nutritionist
* Agnes Hijman (born 1966), Dutch long-distance runner
* Agnes Leonard Hill (1842–1917), American journalist, author, poet, newspaper founder/publisher, evangelist, social reformer
* Agnes Hiorth (1899–1984), Norwegian painter
* Agnes Edith Holt White (1851-1933), English non-fiction writer and illustrator
* Agnes Hotot (fl. 1395), English noblewoman
* Agnes Hsu-Tang (born 1972), American archaeologist, art historian, and philanthropist
* Agnes Twiston Hughes (1895–1981), Welsh solicitor and politician
* Agnes Hundoegger (1858–1927), German musician and music teacher
* Agnes Hungerford (died 1523), English murderer
* Agnes Hunt (1866–1948), British nurse
* Agnes Huntington (ca. 1864–1953), American operatic singer
* Agnes Hürland-Büning (1926–2009), German politician
* Agnes Husband (1852–1929), Scottish politician: one of Dundee's first female councillors and suffragette
* Agnes Husslein