Agnes (name)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- For other uses, see Agnes (disambiguation).
Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, the feminine form of hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred".
Contents |
[edit] Variants
- Agnesa (German)
- Agneta (German)
- Agnete (German)
- Ines (German, English)
- Agnese (Italian)
- Agneta (Scandinavian)
- Agnès (French)
- Inès (French)
- Inés (Spanish)
- Inez (Spanish, Dutch)
- Inês (Portuguese)
- Agnieszka (Polish)
- Anežka (Czech)
- Agnė (Lithuanian)
- Agniya (Russian)
- Αγνή (Greek)
- Ágnes (Hungarian)
[edit] People named Agnes
- Saint Agnes
- St. Agnes of Bohemia
- Agnes of Gandersheim
- Agnes de Poitou, Regent of the Holy Roman Empire
- Agnes of Wittelsbach
[edit] People with the given name Agnes
- Agnes Carlsson, a Swedish pop-star.
- Agnes Ayres, silent film star
- Agnes Baltsa, Greek mezzo-soprano
- Agnes Bernauer
- Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa
- Agnes Bruckner, an American actress
- Agnes Chan
- Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray
- Agnes Inglis
- Agnes Macdonald, wife of the Canadian Prime Minister
- Agnes Macphail, early Canadian politician
- Agnes Moorehead
- Agnes Nestor
- Agnes Pihlava, Polish musician
- Agnès Varda, movie director
- Agnes Won
