Agatha Forename

4,627th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 226,932 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Grenada

Agatha Forename Definition:

A female name. (French German Agathe, Russian Agafia), from Greek άγαθός ‘good’, the name of a 3rd-C Sicilian martyr honoured in both Eastern and Western Churches. Her cultus was very wide-spread and her name still appears in the Anglican Calendar; there are four English churches dedicated to her.

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Agatha Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
100%
42,5921:1,239260
Brazil
100%
42,3881:5,054683
Nigeria
100%
42,1931:4,208729
Uganda
 
99%
19,4571:2,105313
United States
100%
8,1391:44,5432,614
Sierra Leone-7,1041:998219
Malawi
100%
6,4511:2,653492
Indonesia
 
90%
6,3431:40,6695,294
Zambia-5,6281:2,817471
Ghana
100%
5,2811:5,110643
Kenya
100%
4,7991:9,6491,252
Papua New Guinea
 
99%
3,8971:2,092243
Zimbabwe
100%
3,7071:4,161687
Jamaica-3,4451:837217
South Africa
100%
2,8201:19,3382,718
Liberia
100%
2,1071:2,094327
India
100%
1,9421:625,58147,149
Cameroon
100%
1,9051:11,3441,280
Germany
100%
1,4141:68,3721,694
DR Congo
 
99%
1,3971:52,8473,379
Canada
100%
1,3731:24,1322,070
England
100%
1,2071:46,0672,244
Malaysia
 
99%
1,1351:26,8282,552
Switzerland
100%
9571:8,583934
Philippines
 
99%
9001:117,7886,266
Spain
100%
6461:72,0282,447
Netherlands
100%
6351:26,6172,294
Bahamas-5861:682165
Mexico
 
99%
5671:218,9503,753
Saint Lucia
 
99%
5051:35230
Poland
 
94%
4241:89,6872,012
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
4171:3,265611
Grenada
100%
3791:28525
Sri Lanka-2861:72,7246,418
Namibia-2771:8,6791,076
Guyana
100%
2181:3,501664
Botswana
100%
2111:10,3531,483
Ireland
100%
1791:25,9411,133
Barbados-1621:1,789404
Burkina Faso
100%
1551:118,5776,123
Lesotho
 
99%
1511:13,5101,854
Dominica-1501:503114
Peru
100%
1281:248,3715,921
Austria
100%
1251:68,1141,740
France
100%
1121:593,4855,912
Venezuela
100%
1121:269,6608,887
Australia-1071:127,6414,157
Solomon Islands
100%
951:6,115707
Antigua and Barbuda-911:1,092219
Suriname
100%
821:6,7421,371
United States Virgin Islands-791:1,389288
Portugal-741:140,6873,423
Hong Kong-701:110,7532,869
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
691:1,617303
Belgium
100%
671:171,4934,532
Micronesia-671:1,590251
Romania
100%
671:299,2839,297
Chile
100%
651:270,8804,310
Singapore
100%
591:106,5607,501
Thailand
 
98%
561:1,251,17541,939
China-531:25,774,63760,738
Italy
100%
531:1,152,1159,622
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
511:1,076240
United Arab Emirates-451:158,93310,498
Czechia
 
96%
431:247,8181,790
Russia
 
95%
361:4,006,49221,115
Scotland
100%
341:157,3643,071
Sweden
100%
341:289,9388,902
New Zealand-331:137,4565,350
Panama
100%
331:118,3815,491
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
Greece
100%
271:404,9836,029
Ecuador-241:738,6226,595
Belize
100%
231:15,4051,953
Aruba-211:4,942942
Qatar
100%
201:118,48012,874
Costa Rica
100%
191:250,9455,192
Paraguay
100%
171:425,6944,581
Turks and Caicos Islands-161:2,169514
Argentina
100%
151:2,851,5509,163
Denmark-131:434,5777,147
Norway
100%
131:394,7957,741
Wales
100%
121:257,8594,217
Colombia-101:4,777,89327,360
Myanmar-91:5,772,0301,432
Rwanda
100%
91:1,263,4931,939
South Korea-91:616,04714,026
Anguilla
100%
71:1,894342
Cyprus-71:124,4393,136
Pakistan
100%
71:27,765,383122,080
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Ivory Coast
100%
61:3,845,98964,391
Northern Mariana Islands-61:9,1111,173
Taiwan
100%
61:3,961,61468,952
Benin-51:2,115,16940,564
Croatia
100%
51:843,4157,845
Marshall Islands
100%
51:10,2461,467
Belarus
100%
41:2,370,5969,928
Congo
100%
41:1,252,30119,043
Ethiopia-41:24,390,03319,296
Israel
100%
41:2,100,73020,870
Kuwait-41:946,31612,511
Laos-41:1,646,714900
Lithuania-41:737,9702,861
Saint Martin-41:8,936133
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Northern Ireland
100%
31:614,3822,910
Cuba-31:3,835,5178,849
Jersey-31:33,3271,495
Monaco
100%
31:12,8221,634
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
British Virgin Islands-21:15,6251,557
Cayman Islands-21:30,6501,815
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Iceland
100%
21:183,0085,215
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Slovakia
100%
21:2,655,0326,915
Slovenia-21:1,229,3796,326
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Guinea-Bissau-11:1,728,218422
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
New Caledonia
100%
11:270,1643,221
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Palau-11:21,711239
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Uzbekistan
100%
11:30,786,44017,476

The alternate forms: Ágatha (40), Agátha (1) & Àgatha (1) are calculated separately.

Agatha (2,640) may also be a surname.

Agatha Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. (French German Agathe, Russian Agafia), from Greek άγαθός ‘good’, the name of a 3rd-C Sicilian martyr honoured in both Eastern and Western Churches. Her cultus was very wide-spread and her name still appears in the Anglican Calendar; there are four English churches dedicated to her. Agatha was the name of the mother of Edgar Atheling, a d. of the Emperor Henry II, and also of one of the dd. of William the Conqueror. The medieval French form of the name was Agace, and Agacia is usual in Latin records of the 13th C. Promptorium Parvulorum (c. 1440) and English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) (1450) give Agase and Agas respectively s the English for Agatha, and C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives several examples to illustrate the surnames Agasson, Agace, Aggas. It appears as Agathie in 1652. It is often abbreviated to Aggie.

Agatha Curia Regis Rolls 1186-1215 passim, Feudal Aids 1303. Agacia Hundred Rolls 1273. Agace Early S. English Legendary, 14th C (E.E.T.S. 87). Agase Promptorium Parvulorum c. 1440. Agas English Register of Godstow Nunnery, c. 1450 (E.E.T.S. 129-30) 1450.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A responsible name, for in Greek it means ‘good’. It is, however, an incitement to virtue: is this why it is, in C20, considered rather Victorian. Its diminutive, Aggie (q. v.), is certainly to be avoided. Cf. Agnes and Agathias.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A female name derived from Greek αγαβθος, good. Hence the nickname Aggy.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Greek (feminine) - Good.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Greek name, meaning: Good.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Agatha Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ágatha9440/
Agátha941/
Àgatha941/
Hagatha92566/
Aghatha92254/
Angatha92218/
Agathah9296/
Agattha9286/
Agastha9273/
Augatha9229/
Agaytha9229/
Aagatha9225/
Aggatha9222/
Agathta9217/
Agaitha9216/
Agathaa9210/
Agathai9210/
Agaatha929/
Agathea928/
Agaetha926/
Agathha925/
Agathat924/
Aigatha924/
Agathas923/
Agataha923/
Aegatha922/
Ahgatha922/
Agadtha921/
Agahtha921/
Agathad921/
Agathaj921/
Agathau921/
Agautha921/
Agathao921/
Agata91346,292/
Hagattha8610/
Haghatha867/
Agathaha865/
Agasthaa863/
Haggatha863/
Aagastha861/
Aggathah861/
Agaithea861/
Augastha861/
Hagataha861/
Hagathas861/
Agathais861/
Aghathah861/
Aghathas861/
Agathe8375,089/
Aghata836,219/
Agathi836,007/
Hagata831,449/
Agatta831,109/
Agasta83886/
Angata83849/
Agetha83826/
Agatah83403/
Agatho83200/
Aggata8362/
Agahta8358/
Agatih8354/
Agotha8344/
Agaata8344/
Agatay8333/
Ahgata8318/
Agathy8317/
Gagata8311/
Agataa839/
Augata838/
Agaita837/
Agatai837/
Ogatha836/
Egatha836/
Agauta835/
Agatea833/
Agatau832/
Aagata832/
Asgata831/
Akgata831/
Aigata831/
Agatad831/
Agatas831/
Agatoa831/
Agatoh831/
Agatáh831/
Ajgata831/
Aygata831/
Anggathai801/
Aagashtha801/
Agasthass801/
Agather772,786/
Agasthi771,501/
Aghatta77451/
Hagatta77261/
Aghathe77204/
D'Agata77184/
Agashta7788/
Angotha7771/
Agastas7770/
Augasta7767/
Hangata7740/
Angathe7733/
Agathie7730/
Anggata7721/
Asgatta7715/
Agattah7713/
Angatta7711/
Agastay7711/
Agathes7710/
Agatish7710/
Aagetha7710/
Angatah779/
Hagatah778/
Haggata777/
Agathos776/
Angathi776/
Agathee776/
Aggatta776/
Ahgatta776/
Agasthy775/
Aagasta774/
Agastta774/
Agathiy774/
Agahata774/
Aggathi773/
Aghetha773/
Hagathe773/
Agausta773/
Agathis773/
Agattat773/
Agostha772/
Agastai772/
Agattea772/
Agatthe772/
Aagathe772/
Hagahta772/
Augatta772/
Agaitta772/
Agoetha772/
Hagatas771/
Gagauta771/
Eagathe771/
Asgaita771/
Angatho771/
Angauta771/
Angaita771/
Aaghata771/
Aigasta771/
Aigetha771/
Aighata771/
Aggetha771/
Aghatai771/
Aghathy771/
Agachta771/
Agadthe771/
Agaetai771/
Agahate771/
Agahtta771/
Agastaa771/
Agatead771/
Agatesh771/
Agathid771/
Agathou771/
Agathte771/
Agathòs771/
Agatosh771/
Agauthe771/
Agaista771/
Ágaatha771/
Hágatha771/
Ogastha771/
Aggatah771/
Agathei771/
Agoitha771/
Agathys771/
Agate733,085/
Agati73880/
Ágata73415/
Agato73223/
Ogata73129/
Egata7359/
Agaty7330/
Àgata737/
Agaté731/
Ahgather7122/
Augasthi7112/
Augasthy719/
Aagastas719/
Agasttas718/
Anggaita718/
Agaither717/
Augastas716/
Aghataya716/
Agahatou715/
Agashtas715/
Augausta715/
Augather715/
Haggatta715/
Hangotha714/
Agaichta714/
Aghathis714/
Angothai713/
Anggatah712/
Augathee712/
Agastish712/
Agathees712/
Agathish712/
Agayther712/
Hagatass712/
Hagattah712/
Hagather711/
Haangata711/
Gagaatai711/
Gogathay711/
Augostha711/
Aagashta711/
Aissgata711/
Agootaha711/
Agoustha711/
Aghaatta711/
Aghasthi711/
Aghather711/
Agashthi711/
Agastash711/
Agastaus711/
Agasthee711/
Agasther711/
Agasthit711/
Agasttaa711/
Agathist711/
Agatther711/
Agathije711/
Agatte676,008/
Agasti675,852/
Aghate671,148/
Aghato67340/
Agasto67171/
Onngathai67134/
Angate67101/
Agatie6793/
Ongata6757/
Agaati6756/
Agatiy6729/
Agatis6724/
Gogata6724/
Agahte6720/
Aghati6720/
Agater6719/
Hagati6717/
Ogasta6711/
Agatti679/
Agaste678/
Agatep678/
Agauti678/
Aggati678/
Hagate677/
Agatou677/
Ogaita676/
Agaito676/
Egetha675/
Agatos674/
Agaate674/
Aggate674/
Gagate673/
Hágata673/
Agasthees673/
Agatio672/
Ogatay672/
Ágataa672/
Ághata672/
Augati672/
Agothe672/
Agaeto672/
Aghaty672/
Hagato671/
Hagatá671/
Egatta671/
Egayta671/
Augastaus671/
Augausthi671/
Augheetha671/
Aagashthi671/
Aagate671/
Aagati671/
Ajgati671/
Agetaa671/
Agahaitou671/
Agatit671/
Agatje671/
Agaite671/
Àqgata671/
Ágatta671/
Ágotha671/
Ogotha671/
Ogetha671/
Ogathe671/
Agoita671/
Agazty671/
Aokathiay671/

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