Agata

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Agata

Say it: AH-gah-tah

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Meaning

From Greek agathe 'good'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

393 babies given this name since 1920
At its height in 2019, about 1 in 87,900 girls
17 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Agatha
Greek	Agathi

Famous bearers

St Agatha, patron saint of Catania

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Calendars of saints and name days
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.