Agnese

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Agnese

Say it: ah-NYEH-zeh

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Meaning

From Greek hagne 'pure, holy', later associated with Latin agnus 'lamb'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

16 babies given this name since 1916
At its height in 1919, about 1 in 188,400 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Agnes
French	Agnès
Spanish	Inés

Famous bearers

Agnes of Montepulciano, Tuscan saint

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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

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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.