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Anežka
Say it: AH-nezh-kah
Meaning
Czech form of Agnes, from Greek hagnos 'pure, chaste'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The name of the 13th-century Přemyslid princess and abbess canonised in 1989, it has had a revival among Czech babies.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 72 babies given this name since 1999
- At its height in 2006, about 1 in 158,300 girls
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Polish | Agnieszka |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Agnesa |
| Latin | Agnes |
Famous bearers
- Saint Agnes of Bohemia (Anežka Česká)
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- 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.