Agnes (name)

Agnes
	The name Agnes was widely used to honor Saint Agnes of Rome
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	English, Greek, Germanic
Origin
Meaning	"pure, holy"

Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἁγνή Hagnḗ, meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as Agnese,^[1] to French as Agnès, to Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish as Inés. It is also written as Agness. The name is descended from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-, meaning 'to sacrifice; to worship,' from which is also the Vedic term yajña. It is mostly used in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages.

It was the name of a popular Christian saint, Agnes of Rome, which encouraged its wide use. Agnes was the third most popular name for women in the English speaking world for more than 400 years.^[2] Its medieval pronunciation was Annis, and its usage and many of its forms coincided with the equally popular name Anna, related in medieval and Elizabethan times to Agnes, though Anne/Ann/Anna are derived from the Hebrew Hannah ('God favored me') rather than the Greek.^[3] It remained a widely used name throughout the 1960s in the United States. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for American baby girls during that decade.

The peak of its popularity was between 1900 and 1920, when it was among the top fifty given names for American girls. Agnieszka was the sixth-most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2007, having risen as high as third place in Sweden and Poland in 2006. It was also ranked among the top one hundred names for baby girls born in Hungary in 2005.^[4] Neža, a Slovene shortened variant of the name, was ranked among the top ten names for baby girls born in Slovenia in 2008. French forms Inès and Ines were both ranked among the top ten names for girls born in Brussels, Belgium in 2008.

Name variants

Agnė, Ugnė (mean: fire) (Lithuanian)
Ágnes (Hungarian)
Agneeta (Finnish)
Agnes (Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
Agni (Sanskrit)
Anežka (Czech)
Agnès (French, Catalan)
Agnés (Valencian)
Агнеса (Agnesa) (Macedonian)
Agnese (Italian, Latvian)
Agnessa (Russian)
Agneta (Catalan, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
Agnete (Danish, Norwegian)
Agnetha (Scandinavian)
Agnethe (Danish, Norwegian)
Agneza (Croatian)
अग्नि (Agní) (Sanskrit)
Αγνή (Agni) (Greek)
Agnieszka (Polish)
Агнија (Agnija) (Macedonian)
Agniya (Russian)
Aigneas (Scottish Gaelic)
Aignéis (Irish)
Akanete (Tongan)
Akanisi (Fijian)
Akenehi (Māori)
Akneeta (Finnish)
Akneetta (Finnish)
Aknes (Finnish)
Aknietta (Finnish)
Anê (Vietnamese)
Anessa (English)
Anissa (English)
Angnes (Dutch)
Anjeza, Agnesa (Albanian)
Agnez, Agnes (Indonesian)
Annest (Welsh)
Annice (English)
Aune (Estonian, Finnish)
Iines (Finnish)
إيناس (Inās) (Arabic)
Ines (French, German, Italian)
Inès (French)
Inés (Spanish)
Inês (Portuguese)
Inesa (Lithuanian)
Inessa (Инесса) (Russian)
Inez (English)
Janja (Croatian, Slovenian)
Nesta (Welsh)
Neža (Slovenian)
Nieske (Dutch)
Oanez (Breton)
Огняна (Ognyana) (Bulgarian)
Агнеса (Ahnesa) (Ukrainian)

Notable people

Saints

Agnes of Assisi (1197/98–1253), one of the first abbesses of the Order of Poor Ladies
Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282), Bohemian princess (also listed in next section)
Agnes of Montepulciano (1263–1317), Dominican prioress
Agnes of Rome (c. 291–c. 304), virgin martyr
Agnes Tsao Kou Ying (1821–1856), Chinese martyr

Noblewomen

Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg (c. 1090-1125), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Agnes of Aquitaine (disambiguation)
Agnes of Antioch, (1154–c. 1184), Queen consort of Hungary
Agnes of Austria (disambiguation)
Agnes of Babenberg (c. 1108/13–1163), High Duchess of Poland and Duchess of Silesia
Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282), Bohemian princess and saint (see above)
Agnes of Brandenburg (c. 1257–1304), Queen consort and regent of Denmark
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine (died 1068)
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon (1407–1476)
Agnes of Courtenay (c. 1136–c. 1184), Queen consort of Jerusalem
Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress (1171–after 1207)
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (c. 1260–1327)
Agnes of Germany (1072–1143), Duchess consort of Swabia by her first marriage, Margravine consort of Austria by her second
Agnes of Habsburg (c. 1257–1322), Duchess of Saxony
Agnes Hammarskjöld (1866–1940), wife of Swedish noble Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1804–1833)
Agnes of Hohenstaufen (1176–1204), Countess Palatine of the Rhine
Agnes Hotot (14th century), English noblewoman known for winning a lance fight
Agnes of Merania (died 1201), Queen of France
Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267), Duchess of Bavaria
Agnes of Poitou (1025–1077), Holy Roman Empress and regent
Agnes of Rochlitz (died 1195), Duchess of Merania and Countess of Andechs
Agnès Sorel (died 1450), mistress of Charles VII of France, and the first officially recognized mistress of a French king
Agnes, daughter of Ottokar II (before 1260–after 1279), Bohemian noblewoman
Mihrişah Valide Sultan or Sultana Mehr-î-Shah (ca. 1745–1805), spouse of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III, mother of Caliph Sultan Selim III, believed to have the given name Agnès
Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (c. 1477–1545)
Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe (1836–1920), second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada
Agnes Randolph (c. 1312–1369), Countess of Dunbar and March

Others

Agnes

Agnes, stage name of Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson (born 1988)

A

Agnes Aanonsen (born 1966), Norwegian luger
Agnes Dean Abbatt (1847–1917), American painter
Agnes Abuom, Kenyan Christian organizational worker
Agnes Acibu, Ugandan politician
Agnes Jones Adams (1858–1923), American civil rights activist
Agnes Addison (1842–1903), New Zealand draper
Agnes Adler (1865–1935), Danish pianist
Agnes Aduako (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat
Agnes Akiror (born 1968), Ugandan politician
Agnes Baldwin Alexander (1875–1971), American author
Agnes Alexiusson (born 1996), Swedish boxer
Agnes Alfred (c. 1890–1992), Canadian storyteller and noblewoman
Agnes Allafi (born 1959), Chadian politician and sociologist
Agnes Allen (1898–1958), English children's book author
Agnes Allen (1930–2012), American baseball pitcher
Agnes Alpers (born 1961), German politician and educator
Agnes Ameede (born 1970), Ugandan politician
Agnes Atim Apea, Uganda social entrepreneur
Agnes Arber (1879–1960), British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian, and philosopher
Agnes Arellano (born 1949), Philippine sculptor
Agnès Armengol (1852-1934), Spanish writer, pianist, composer
Agnes Armstrong (born 1959), Cook Islands politician
Agnes Arvidsson (1875–1962), Swedish pharmacist
Agnes Asche (1891–1966), German socialist
Agnes Ashford (fl. 15th century), Christian evangelist
Agnes Barr Auchencloss (1886–1972), medical officer at H.M. Factory Gretna, on the University of Glasgow Roll of Honour
Agnes Ayres (1898–1940), American silent film star

B

Agnes Baden-Powell (1858–1945), British pioneer, founder of the Girl Guides movement
Agnes Bakkevig (1910–1992), Norwegian politician
Agnes Baliques (1641–1700), Roman Catholic religious leader
Agnes Ballard (1877–1969), American architect and educator
Agnes Baltsa (born 1944), Greek mezzo-soprano singer
Agnes Barker (1907–2008), Australian potter and craftworker
Agnes Jeruto Barsosio (born 1983), Kenyan long-distance runner
Agnes Sime Baxter (1870–1917), Canadian mathematician
Agnes Beaumont (c. 1652–1720), English religious autobiographer
Agnes Beckwith (1861–1951), English swimmer
Agnes Benidickson (1920–2007), Canadian college chancellor
Agnes Bennett (1872–1960), New Zealand doctor and Chief Medical Officer in World War I
Agnes Benítez (born 1986), Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder
Agnes Berger (1916–2002), Hungarian-American mathematician and professor
Agnes Bernard (1842–1932), Roman Catholic nun
Agnes Bernauer (1410–1435), morganatic wife of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
Agnes Bernelle (1923–1999), Berlin actress and singer
Agnes Binagwaho, Rwandan pediatrician and college chancellor
Agnes Forbes Blackadder (1875–1964), Scottish medic
Agnes Blackie (1897–1975), New Zealand professor
Agnes Blannbekin (c. 1244–1315), Austrian Beguine and Christian mystic
Agnes Block (1629–1704), Dutch art collector and horticulturalist
Agnes Bluhm (1862–1943), German medical doctor and Goethe medal recipient
Agnes Body (1866–1952), British headmistress
Agnes Bolsø (born 1953), Norwegian sociologist
Agnes Booth (1843–1910), Australian-American actress
Agnes Börjesson (1827–1900), Swedish painter
Agnes Borrowman (1881–1955), Scottish pharmaceutical chemist
Agnes Boulton (1893–1968), British-American pulp magazine writer
Agnes Rose Bouvier Nicholl (1842–1892), English artist
Agnes Bowker (born c. 1541, death date unknown), English domestic servant and alleged mother of a cat
Agnes Branting (1862–1930), Swedish textile artist and writer
Agnes M. Brazal, Filipina theologian
Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876–1955), American numismatist and archaeologist
Agnes Broun (1732–1820), mother of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns
Agnes Brown (1866–1943), Scottish suffragist and writer
Agnes Bruckner, American actress and model
Agnes Bugge (born before 1417 and died after 1430), English brewer
Agnes Bulmer (1775–1836), English poet
Agnes Buntine (c. 1822–1896), Scottish pastoralist and bullocky
Agnes Burns (1762–1834), sister of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns
Agnes Busby (1800–1889), New Zealand pioneer
Agnes Bushell (born 1949), American writer and teacher

C

Agnes Callard (born 1976), Hungarian professor
Agnes Kane Callum (1925–2015), American genealogist
Agnes Deans Cameron (1863–1912), Canadian educator, writer, journalist, lecturer, and adventurer
Agnes Campbell (1637–1716), Scottish businesswoman
Agnes Canta (1888–1964), Dutch painter
Agnes Carlsson (born 1988), Swedish pop star, better known by the mononym Agnes
Agnes Castle (1860–1922), Irish author
Agnes Catlow (1806–1889), British writer
Agnes Chan (born 1955), Hong Kong-based singer, television personality, professor, essayist, and novelist
Agnes Chan Tsz-ching (born 1996), Hong Kong rugby union player
Agnes Charbonneau, American politician and educator
Agnes Chavez, Cuban-American artist, educator, and social entrepreneur
Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia (born 1956), Ghanaian politician
Agnes Chow (born 1996), Hong Kong-based politician and democratic activist
Agnes Muriel Clay (1878–1962), English historian and writer
Agnes Morley Cleaveland (1874–1958), American writer and cattle rancher
Agnes Mary Clerke (1842–1907), Irish astronomer and writer
Agnes Bell Collier (1860–1930), British mathematician
Agnes Kalaniho'okaha Cope (1924–2015), Hawaiian historian and spiritual healer
Agnes Conway (1885–1950), British writer, historian, and archaeologist
Agnes Cotton (1828–1899), English social reformer and philanthropist
Agnes Marshall Cowan (1880–1940), Scottish physician
Agnes Cowen, Cherokee politician
Agnes Curran (1920–2005), British prison governor

D

Agnes d'Harcourt (died 1291), French author
Agnes Dahlström (born 1991), Swedish footballer
Agnes Davies (1920–2011), Welsh snooker and billiards player
Agnes Dawson (1873–1953), British politician and trade unionist
Agnes de Frumerie (1869–1937), Swedish artist
Agnes de Lima (1887–1974), American journalist and writer
Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), American dancer and choreographer
Agnes De Nul (born 1955), Belgian actress
Agnes de Selincourt (1872–1917), Indian Christian missionary
Agnes de Silva (1895–1961), Sri Lankan woman's activist
Agnes de Valence (born 1250), French noblewoman
Agnes Mariam de la Croix (born 1952), Lebanese Christian nun, known as Mother Agnes
Agnes Denes (born 1931), Hungarian-American artist
Agnes Dennis (1859–1947), Canadian educator and feminist
Agnes Devanadera (born 1950), Filipina lawyer and politician
Agnes Digital (1997–2021), American-Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
Agnes Dobronski (1925–2013), American politician and educator
Agnes Dollan (1887–1966), Scottish suffragette and political activist
Agnes Dordzie, Ghanaian judge
Agnes Meyer Driscoll (1889–1971), American cryptanalyst
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944), English poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, and translator
Agnes Dunbar (fl. late 14th century), Scottish mistress
Agnes Duncan (1899–1996), Scottish singer and conductor
Agnes Dürer (1475–1539), wife of the Roman painter, Albrecht Dürer
Agnes Dusart (born 1962), Belgian racing cyclist

E

Agnes Edwards (c. 1873–1928), Australian craftswoman
Agnes Ell (1917–2003), New Zealand cricketer
Agnes Ethel (1846–1903), American stage actress
Agnes Gardner Eyre (1881–1950), American pianist, composer, and piano teacher

F

Agnes Fabish (1873–1947), New Zealand domestic servant, farmer, and homemaker
Agnes Mary Field (1896–1968), English film producer and director
Agnes Fingerin (d. 1514), German businesswoman
Agnes Finnie (died 1645), Scottish shopkeeper, moneylender, and tried witch
Agnes Fleischer (1865–1909), Norwegian pioneering teacher for disabled persons
Agnes Flight (born 1997), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
Agnes Flora (1987–2005), Japanese bay racehorse
Agnes Fogo, American renal pathologist and professor
Agnes Fong Sock Har (born 1946), Singaporean military officer
Agnes Freda Forres (1881–1942), British artist and sculptor
Agnes Forster (died 1484), English prison reformer
Agnes Franz (1794–1843), German writer
Agnes Fraser (1876–1968), Scottish stage actress and soprano singer
Agnes Freund (1866– after 1902), German stage actress
Agnes Fry (1869–1958), British bryologist, astronomer, botanical illustrator, writer, and poet
Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939), American music educator

G

Agnes Buen Garnås (born 1946), Norwegian folk singer
Agnes Garrett (1845–1935), English suffragist and interior designer
Agnes Gavin (1872–1947), Australian silent film actor and screenwriter
Agnes Geene (born 1947), Dutch badminton player
Agnes Geijer (1898–1989), Swedish textile historian and archaeologist
Agnes Geraghty (1907–1974), American swimmer
Agnes Giberne (1845–1939), British novelist and scientific writer
Agnes Giebel (1921–2017), German classical soprano
Agnes Goode (1872–1947), Australian social and political activist, best known as Mrs. A. K. Goode
Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939), Australian painter
Agnes Gordon (1906–1967), Canadian bridge player
Agnes Griffith (1969–2015), Grenadian sprinter
Agnes Charlotte Gude (1863–1929), Norwegian watercolorist and illustrator
Agnes Gund (born 1938), American philanthropist and art collector
Agnes Günther (1863–1911), German writer
Agnes Guppy-Volckman (1838–1917), British spiritualist medium

H

Agnes Haakonsdatter (1290–1319), eldest daughter of King Haakkon V of Norway
Agnes C. Hall (1777–1846), Scottish writer
Agnes Hamilton (1868–1961), American social worker
Agnes Sillars Hamilton (c. 1794–1870), Scottish reformer, public lecturer, phrenologist, and woman's rights activist
Agnes Hammarskjöld (1866–1940), wife of Swedish nobleman and prime minister, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Agnes Hamvas (born 1946), Hungarian archer
Agnes Harben (1879–1961), British suffragist leader
Agnes Hardie (1874–1951), British politician
Agnes Ellen Harris (1883–1952), American educator
Agnes Harrold (c. 1831–1903), New Zealand hotel manager, foster parent, nurse, and midwife
Agnes Headlam-Morley (1902–1986), British historian and academic
Agnes Heineken (1872–1954), German politician
Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962), Danish writer and activist
Agnes Herbert (late 1870s–1960), British writer and big game hunter
Agnes M. Herzberg, Canadian statistician and professor
Agnes Hewes (1874–1963), American children's author
Agnes C. Higgins (1911–1985), Canadian nutritionist
Agnes Hijman (born 1966), Dutch long-distance runner
Agnes Leonard Hill (1842–1917), American journalist, author, poet, newspaper founder/publisher, evangelist, social reformer
Agnes Hiorth (1899–1984), Norwegian painter
Agnes Edith Holt White (1851-1933), English non-fiction writer and illustrator
Agnes Hotot (fl. 1395), English noblewoman
Agnes Hsu-Tang (born 1972), American archaeologist, art historian, and philanthropist
Agnes Twiston Hughes (1895–1981), Welsh solicitor and politician
Agnes Hundoegger (1858–1927), German musician and music teacher
Agnes Hungerford (died 1523), English murderer
Agnes Hunt (1866–1948), British nurse
Agnes Huntington (ca. 1864–1953), American operatic singer
Agnes Hürland-Büning (1926–2009), German politician
Agnes Husband (1852–1929), Scottish politician: one of Dundee's first female councillors and suffragette
Agnes Husslein (born 1954), Austrian art historian and art manager

I

Agnes Ibbetson (1757–1823), English plant physiologist
Agnes Igoye (born 1972), Ugandan social worker and campaigner against human trafficking
Agnes Inglis (1870–1952), American anarchist and architect
Agnes Irwin (1841–1914), American educator
Agnes Israelson (1896–1989), American politician

J

Agnes E. Jacomb (1866–1949), English novelist
Agnes Janich (born 1985), Polish visual artist
Agnes Janson (1861–1947), Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist
Agnes Jekyll (1861–1937), Scottish-British artist, writer, and philanthropist
Agnes Joaquim (1854–1899), Singaporean-Armenian botanist
Agnes Christine Johnston (1896–1978), American screenwriter
Agnes Jones (1832–1868), Irish nurse
Agnes Jongerius (born 1960), Dutch politician
Agnes Jónsdóttir (died 1507), Icelandic Christian nun
Agnes Jordan (before 1520–1546), English Roman Catholic abbess
Agnes Joseph (born 1970), Dutch politician

K

Agnes Kafula (born 1955), Namibian politician
Agnes Kalibata, Rwandan agricultural scientist and policymaker
Agnes Kant (born 1967), Dutch politician
Agnes Kaposi (born 1932), British-Hungarian engineer and author
Agnes Karll (1868–1927), German nurse and nursing reformer
Agnes Kauzuu (born 1979), Namibian football goalkeeper
Agnes Newton Keith (1901–1982), American writer
Agnes Gilmour Kent-Johnston (1893–1981), New Zealand community leader and broadcaster
Agnes Kemp (1823–1908), American physician
Agnes Keyser (1852–1941), English humanitarian, courtesan, and mistress
Agnes Kharshiing, Indian woman's rights activist
Agnes King (1919–2003), U.S. Virgin Islander historic preservationist and gardener
Agnes Kiprop (born 1980), Kenyan long-distance runner
Agnes Kirabo, Ugandan politician and legislator
Agnes Kittelsen (born 1980), Norwegian actress
Agnes Knochenhauer (born 1989), Swedish curler
Agnes Konde, Ugandan businesswoman and corporate executive
Agnes Kripps (1925–2014), Canadian politician
Agnes Krumwiede (born 1977), German pianist and politician
Agnes Kunihira (born 1966), Ugandan politician

L

Agnes Lam (born 1972), Macanese poet, educator, journalist, and politician
Agnes Lange (1929–2021), German politician
Agnes Larson (1892–1957), American historian
Agnes Kwaje Lasuba (born 1948), South Sudanese politician
Agnes Latham (1905–1996), British academic and professor
Agnes D. Lattimer (1928–2018), American pediatrician
Agnes Lauchlan (1905–1993), British stage, film, and television actress
Agnes Christina Laut (1871–1936), Canadian journalist, novelist, historian, and social worker
Agnes Le Louchier (1660–1717), French royal mistress and spy
Agnes Brand Leahy (1893–1934), American screenwriter
Agnes Lee (1868–1939), American poet and translator
Agnes Limbo (born 1957), Namibian politician
Agnes Littlejohn (1865–1944), Australian writer
Agnes Locsin (born 1957), Filipino dance choreographer
Agnes Loheni (born 1971), New Zealand politician
Agnes Lum (born 1956), American model and singer
Agnes Lundell (1878–1936), Finnish lawyer
Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), Danish painter and sculptor
Agnes Lyall (1908–2013), American artist
Agnes Lyle (1700s–1800s), British ballad singer
Agnes Lyon (1762–1840), Scottish poet

M

Agnes Syme Macdonald (1882–1966), Scottish suffragette
Agnes Macdonell (c. 1840–1925), British writer and journalist
Agnes Maule Machar (1837–1927), Canadian author, poet, and social reformer
Agnes Mure Mackenzie (1891–1955), Scottish historian and writer
Agnes Maclehose (1758–1841), Scottish woman who had an affair with Scottish poet and lyricist, Robert Burns
Agnes Maxwell MacLeod (1783–1879), Scottish poet
Agnes Macphail (1890–1954), Canadian politician
Agnes Macready (1855–1935), Australian nurse and journalist
Agnes Magnell (1878–1966), Swedish architect
Agnes Magnúsdóttir (1795–1830), last person to be executed in Iceland
Agnes Magpale (born 1942), Filipina educator and politician
Agnes Catherine Maitland (1850–1906), English academic
Agnes Mary Mansour (1931–2004), American Catholic nun, politician, and public official
Agnes Marshall (1855–1905), English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef
Agnes Bernice Martin (1912–2004), Canadian-American abstract painter
Agnes Marwa (born 1978), Tanzanian politician
Agnes Mason (1849–1941), British nun
Agnes Katharina Maxsein (1904–1991), German politician
Agnes McCullough (1888–1967), Irish teacher, philanthropist, and activist
Agnes McDonald (1829–1906), New Zealand settler, nurse, postmistress, and teacher
Agnes McLaren (1837–1913), Scottish doctor
Agnes McLean (1918–1994), Scottish trade unionist and politician
Agnes McWhinney (1891–1987), Australian solicitor
Agnes Mellers (died 1513/1514), English co-founder of Nottingham High School
Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970), American journalist, philanthropist, civil rights activist, and art patron
Agnes Meyer-Brandis (born 1973), German artist
Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels (1909–1993), American scholar
Agnes Miegel (1879–1964), German author, journalist, and poet
Agnes Milne (1851–1919), Australian suffragist
Agnes Milowka (1981–2011), Australian technical driver, underwater photographer, author, maritime archaeologist, and cave explorer
Agnes Woods Mitchell (1802–1844), Scottish-American writer and schoolteacher
Agnes Mizere, Malawian TV personality, journalist, and blogger
Agnez Mo (born 1986), Indonesian pop star
Agnes Mongan (1905–1996), American art historian and curator
Agnes Marion Moodie (1881–1969), Scottish chemist
Agnes Dunbar Moodie Fitzgibbon (1833–1913), Canadian artist
Agnes Claypole Moody (1870–1954), American zoologist and professor
Agnes Moore (born 1979), American entertainer who performs as Peppermint (drag queen)
Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), American actress
Agnes Morgan (1879–1976), American director, playwright, actress, and theatrical producer
Agnes Fay Morgan (1884–1968), American chemist and academic
Agnes Thomas Morris (1865–1949), American writer and clubwoman
Agnes Morrison (1867–1934), Scottish charity worker
Agnes Morton (1872–1952), British tennis player
Agnes Mowinckel (1875–1963), Norwegian actress and theatre director
Agnes Mukabaranga, Rwandan politician
Agnes Mulder (born 1973), Dutch politician
Agnes Murgoci (1875–1929), Australian-English zoologist and folklorist
Agnes G. Murphy (1865–1931), Irish journalist and writer
Agnes Muthspiel (1914–1966), Austrian painter

N

Agnes Naa Momo Lartey (born 1976), Ghanaian politician
Agnes Nalwanga (born 1975), Ugandan businesswoman, management professional, and corporate executive
Agnes Namyalo (born c. 1975), Ugandan banker and corporate executive
Agnes Nandutu, Ugandan journalist, politician, and Minister
Agnes Nanogak (1925–2001), Canadian artist
Agnes Nestor (1880–1948), American labor leader, politician, and social reformer
Agnes Neuerer, Austrian luger
Agnes Neuhaus (1854–1944), German social worker and politician
Agnes Ng Siew Heok, or simply Agnes Ng, Singaporean murder victim of the Toa Payoh child murders in 1981
Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959), English soprano
Agnes Nixon (1922–2016), American television writer and producer
Agnes Northrop (1857 – 1953), American glass artist, known for designs for Louis Comfort Tiffany
Agnes Nyalonje, Malawian politician
Agnes Nyanhongo (born 1960), Zimbabwean sculptor
Agnes Nyblin (1869–1945), Norwegian photographer
Agnes Nygaard Haug (born 1933), Norwegian judge

O

Agnes O'Casey (born 1995/1996), English actress
Agnes O'Farrelly (1874–1951), Irish academic and professor
Agnes Oaks (born 1970), Estonian ballerina
Agnes Obel (born 1980), Danish indie folk singer-songwriter and pianist
Agnes Odhiambo, Kenyan accountant, financial manager, and civil servant
Agnes Odhiambo, Kenyan female human rights activist
Agnes Okoh (1905–1995), Nigerian Christian evangelist
Agnes Osazuwa (born 1989), Nigerian track and field sprinter
Agnes Elisabeth Overbeck (1870–1919), Anglo-Russian composer and pianist
Agnes Owens (1926–2014), Scottish author
Agnes Ozman (1870–1937), American evangelical

P

Agnes Pardaens (born 1956), Belgian long-distance runner
Agnes Pareyio (born 1956), Kenyan woman's rights activist, politician, and businesswoman
Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), Scottish engraver, illustrator, and painter
Agnes Parsons (1884–1970), American screenwriter
Agnes Lawrence Pelton (1881–1961), German painter
Agnes Penemulungu, Malawian politician
Agnes Pihlava (born 1980), Polish musician
Agnes Baker Pilgrim (1924–2019), Native American spiritual elder
Agnes Plum (1869–1951), German politician
Agnes Pochin (1825–1908), British woman's rights activist
Agnes Pockels (1862–1935), German chemist
Agnes Blake Poor (1842–1922), American author and translator, known professionally as Dorothy Prescott
Agnes Porter (c. 1752–1814), British governess
Agnes Potten (died 1556), English prisoner who was burned at the stake
Agnes Prest (died 1557), Cornish Protestant martyr

Q

Agnes Quaye (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
Agnes J. Quirk (1884–1974), American bacteriologist, plant pathologist, and inventor
Agnes Quisumbing, Filipino economist and academic

R

Agnes Raeburn (1872–1955), Scottish artist
Agnes Ramsey (died 1399), English businesswoman
Agnes Ravatn (born 1983), Norwegian novelist, columnist, and journalist
Agnes Regan (1869–1943), American Roman Catholic social reformer
Agnes Rehni (1887–1966), Danish stage and film actress
Agnes Reisch (born 1999), German ski jumper
Agnes Repplier (1855–1950), American essayist
Agnes Reston (1771–1856), Scottish wartime nurse, also known as the Heroine of Matagorda
Agnes Kay Eppers Reynders (born 1971), Bolivian road cyclist
Agnes Richards (1883–1967), American psychiatric nurse
Agnes Millen Richmond (1870–1964), American painter
Agnes Richter (1844–1918), German seamstress
Agnes Ludwig Riddle (1865–1930), American politician
Agnes Jane Robertson (1893–1959), English historian
Agnes Kelly Robertson (1833–1916), Scottish-American stage actress
Agnes Robertson Robertson (1882–1968), Australian schoolteacher, community worker, and politician
Agnes L. Rogers (1884–1943), Scottish educator and psychologist
Agnes Romilly White (1872–1945), Irish novelist
Agnes Rose-Soley (1847–1938), Scottish-Australian journalist and poet
Agnes Rossi (born 1959), American fiction writer
Agnes Rothery (1888–1954), American writer
Agnes Ryan (1878–1954), American pacifist, vegetarian, suffragist, and journal editor

S

Agnes Salm-Salm (1844–1912), American wife of Prince Felix zu Salm-Salm
Agnes Sam (born 1942), South African writer
Agnes Samaria (born 1972), Namibian middle-distance runner
Agnes Sampson (died 1591), Scottish purported witch
Agnes Samuelson (1887–1963), American educator and school superintendent
Agnes Sander-Plump (1888–1980), German painter
Agnes Sandström (1887–1985), Swedish Titanic survivor
Agnes Sanford (1897–1982), American writer
Agnes Yewande Savage (1906–1964), Nigerian medical doctor and physician
Agnes Scanlon (1923–2018), American politician
Agnes Schierhuber (born 1946), Austrian politician
Agnes Schmidt (1875–1952), German activist and politician
Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir (born 1954), Icelandic prelate
Agnes Simon (1935–2020), Hungarian table tennis player
Agnes Sjöberg (1888–1964), Finnish veterinarian
Agnes Elizabeth Slack (1858–1946), English Temperance advocate
Agnes Sligh Turnbull (1888–1982), American writer
Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937), Danish painter
Agnes Smedley (1892–1950), American journalist, writer, and activist
Agnes Smidt (1874–1952), Danish painter
Agnes Smith Lewis (1843–1926), Scottish travel writer alongside her twin sister, Margaret
Agnes Smyth (c. 1755–1783), Irish Methodist preacher
Agnes Sorma (1862–1927), German actress
Agnes Stavenhagen (1860–1945), German operatic soprano
Agnes Steele (1881–1949), American actress
Agnes Steineger (1863–1965), Norwegian painter
Agnes Stevenson (1873–1935), British chess player
Agnes Grainger Stewart (1871–1956), Scottish writer
Agnes L. Storrie (1864–1936), Australian poet and writer
Agnes Straub (1890–1941), German film actress
Agnes Street-Klindworth (1825–1906), illegitimate daughter of Danish journalist, actor, and diplomat Georg Klindworth
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), English writer and poet
Agnes Surriage Frankland (1726–1783), American tavern maid who married British baronet Sir Charles Henry
Agnes Syme Lister (1834–1893), Scottish botanist

T

Agnes Taaka (born 1980), Ugandan politician, social worker, and legislator
Agnes Tachyon (1998–2009), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
Agnes Oforiwa Tagoe-Quarcoopome (1913–1997), Ghanaian activist
Agnes Tait (1894–1981), American painter, artist, lithographer, muralist, and dancer
Agnes Takea (died 1622), Japanese Roman Catholic martyr
Agnes Clara Tatham (1893–1972), English painter
Agnes Taubert (1844–1877), German writer and philosopher
Agnes Taylor (1821–1911), English Mormon pioneer
Agnes Reeves Taylor (born 1965), ex-wife of former Liberian President, Charles Taylor
Agnes Terei, Vanuatuan educator and politician
Agnes Le Thi Thanh, one of the Vietnamese Martyrs
Agnes Thomas Morris (1865–1949), American writer and clubwoman
Agnes Tibayeita Isharaza, Ugandan lawyer and corporate executive
Agnes Tirop (1995–2021), Kenyan long-distance runner
Agnes Tjongarero (born 1946), Namibian politician
Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942), Finnish composer and violinist
Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (born 1982), Italian middle- and long-distance runner
Agnes Tuckey (1877–1972), English tennis player
Agnes TuiSamoa (1932–2004), New Zealand community organizer and social worker
Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883), Czech composer and pianist

U

Agnes Ullmann (1927–2019), French microbiologist

V

Agnes van Ardenne (born 1950), Dutch politician and diplomat
Agnes van den Bossche (c. 1435–c. 1504), Dutch painter
Agnes Vanderburg (1901–1989), Native American teacher, translator, and author
Agnes Gertrude VanKoughnet (1860–1940), Canadian socialite
Agnes Varis (1930–2011), American businesswoman and philanthropist
Agnes van Stolk (1898–1980), Dutch artist
Agnes Vernon (1895–1948), American silent film actress
Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos (1938–2000), Liberian professor, conductor, composer, and lawyer
Agnes von Konow (1868–1944), Finnish animal rights advocate
Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940), Swedish writer
Agnes von Kurowsky (1892–1984), American nurse during World War I with whom Ernest Hemingway fell in love
Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben (1551–1637), German countess
Agnes von Rosen (1924–2001), Swedish aristocrat, bullfighter, and stunt performer
Agnes von Zahn-Harnack (1884–1950), German teacher, writer, and woman's rights activist

W

Agnes Walsh (born 1950), Canadian poet, playwright, actor, and storyteller
Agnes Marion McLean Walsh (1884–1967), Australian nurse
Agnes Warburg (1872–1953), British photographer
Agnes Ward White (1857–1943), wife of Albert B. White, the former Governor of West Virginia
Agnes Waterhouse (c. 1503–1566), English woman accused of witchcraft
Agnes Waters (1893–1962), American politician and realtor
Agnes Baldwin Webb (1926–2001), American basketball player
Agnes Weinrich (1873–1946), American visual artist
Agnes Welin (1844–1928), Swedish missionary
Agnes E. Wells (1876–1959), American educator and women's equal rights activist
Agnes Wenman (died 1617), English Roman Catholic translator
Agnes Wergeland (1857–1914), Norwegian-American historian, poet, and educator
Agnes Westbrook Morrison (1854–1939), American lawyer
Agnes Weston (1840–1918), English philanthropist
Agnes Weston (1879–1972), New Zealand politician
Agnes Wheeler (bap. 1734–1804), British writer
Agnes Burns Wieck (1892–1966), American labor activist and journalist
Agnes Wieslander (1873–1934), Swedish painter
Agnes Windeck (1888–1975), German theatre and film actress
Agnes Wolbert (born 1958), Dutch politician
Agnes Wold (born 1955), Swedish biologist and professor
Agnes Wood (1921–2013), New Zealand artist and writer
Agnes Woodward (1872–1938), American music educator and whistler
Agnes World (1995–2012), American-bred Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
Agnes Wright Spring (1894–1988), American journalist, writer, and historian

Y

Agnes Yombwe (born 1966), Zambian mixed media artist, arts educator, author, and mentor

Z

Agnes Zawadzki (born 1994), American figure skater
Agnes Zimmermann (1847–1925), German pianist and composer
Agnes Zurowski (1920–2013), American baseball pitcher

Ágnes

Ágnes Babos (1944–2020), Hungarian handball player
Ágnes Bartha (1922–2018), Hungarian photographer
Ágnes Bukta (born 1993), Hungarian tennis player
Ágnes Bánfai (1947–2020), Hungarian gymnast
Ágnes Bánfalvy (born 1954), Hungarian actress
Ágnes Bíró (1917–2008), Hungarian swimmer
Ágnes Csomor (born 1979), Hungarian actress
Ágnes Dobó (born 1988), Hungarian model and beauty pageant titleholder
Ágnes Dragos, Hungarian sprint canoer
Ágnes Esterházy (1891–1956), Hungarian actress
Ágnes Farkas (born 1973), Hungarian handball player
Ágnes Ferencz (born 1956), Hungarian sport shooter
Ágnes Fodor (born 1964), Hungarian swimmer
Ágnes Gajdos-Hubai (1948–2014), Hungarian volleyball player
Ágnes Gee (born 1974), Hungarian tennis player
Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), Hungarian writer, educator, journalist, and translator
Ágnes Gerlach (born 1968), Hungarian diver
Ágnes Geréb (born 1952), Hungarian gynaecologist and psychologist
Ágnes Hankiss (1950–2021), Hungarian politician
Ágnes Hegedűs, Hungarian orienteer
Ágnes Heller (1929–2019), Hungarian philosopher and lecturer
Ágnes Herczeg, Hungarian artist
Ágnes Herczegh (born 1950), Hungarian discus thrower
Ágnes Hornyák (born 1982), Hungarian handball player
Ágnes Hranitzky, Hungarian film editor and director
Ágnes Juhász-Balajcza (born 1952), Hungarian volleyball player
Ágnes Kaczander (born 1953), Hungarian swimmer
Ágnes Keleti (born 1921), Hungarian-Israeli Olympic champion artistic gymnast
Ágnes Konkoly (born 1987), Hungarian model, wedding planner, and beauty pageant titleholder
Ágnes Kovács (born 1981), Hungarian swimmer
Ágnes Kozáry (born 1966), Hungarian sprinter
Ágnes Kunhalmi (born 1982), Hungarian politician
Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), Hungarian poet, academic, and translator
Ágnes Litter (born 1975), Hungarian alpine skier
Ágnes Lukács (1920–2016), Hungarian-Jewish painter, graphic artist, and school teacher
Ágnes Miskó (born 1971), Hungarian gymnast
Ágnes Mócsy, Romanian physicist
Ágnes Molnár (born 1956), Hungarian politician
Ágnes Mutina (born 1988), Hungarian swimmer
Ágnes Nagy (born 1992), Hungarian footballer
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), Hungarian poet, writer, educator, and translator
Ágnes Németh (born 1961), Hungarian basketball player
Ágnes Osztolykán (born 1974), Hungarian politician and activist
Ágnes Pallag (born 1993), Hungarian volleyball player
Ágnes Pozsonyi, Hungarian sprint canoer
Ágnes Primász (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player
Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), Hungarian poet, writer, and translator
Ágnes Ságvári (1928–2000), Hungarian historian
Ágnes Simon (born 1974), Romanian cross-country skier
Ágnes Simor (born 1979), Hungarian actress and dancer
Ágnes Sipka (born 1954), Hungarian long-distance runner
Ágnes Studer (born 1998), Hungarian basketball player
Ágnes Szatmári (born 1987), Romanian tennis player
Ágnes Szávay (born 1988), Hungarian tennis player
Ágnes Szendrei, Hungarian-American mathematician
Ágnes Szentannai (born 1994), Hungarian curler
Ágnes Szijj (born 1956), Hungarian rower
Ágnes Szilágyi (born 1990), Hungarian handball player
Ágnes Szokolszky (born 1956), Hungarian educator and psychologist
Ágnes Torma (born 1951), Hungarian volleyball player
Ágnes Triffa (born 1987), Hungarian handball goalkeeper
Ágnes Vadai (born 1974), Hungarian politician and scholar
Ágnes Valkai (born 1981), Hungarian water polo player
Ágnes Huszár Várdy (died 2022), Hungarian writer
Ágnes Végh (born 1939), Hungarian handball player

Agnès

Agnès Acker (born 1940), French astrophysicist and professor
Agnès Agboton (born 1960), Beninese writer, poet, storyteller, and translator
Agnès Arnauld (1593–1672), abbess of Port-Royal and major figure in French Jansenism
Agnès Barthélémy, French physicist
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (born 1966), French economist
Agnès Bernet (born 1968), French cell biologist and professor
Agnès Bihl, French singer
Agnès Buzyn (born 1962), French hematologist, professor, medical practitioner, and politician
Agnès Cabrol (1964–2007), French Egyptologist
Agnès Callamard (born 1965), French human rights expert and Secretary General of Amnesty International
Agnès Chiquet (born 1984), French weightlifter
Agnès Clancier (born 1963), French writer
Agnès de La Barre de Nanteuil (1922–1944), French Resistance worker
Agnès Delahaie (1920–2003), French film producer
Agnès Desarthe (born 1966), French novelist, children's writer, and translator
Agnès Evren (born 1970), French politician
Agnès Fienga, French astronomer
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (born 1968), French politician
Agnès Godard (born 1951), César Award-winning French cinematographer
Agnès Gosselin (born 1967), French figure skater
Agnès Grondin, Canadian politician
Agnès Gruda, Polish-Canadian journalist and fiction writer
Agnès Henry-Hocquard (born 1962), French winemaker
Agnès Humbert (1894–1963), art historian, ethnographer and member of the French Resistance during World War II
Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer
Agnès Kraidy (born 1965), Ivorian magazine editor and journalist
Agnès Lacheux (born 1974), French Paracanoeist
Agnès Laurent (1936–2010), French actress
Agnès Le Brun (born 1961), French politician
Agnès Le Lannic, French table tennis player
Agnès Lefort (1891–1973), Canadian artist, educator, and gallery owner
Agnès Letestu (born 1971), French ballet dancer
Agnès Maltais (born 1956), Canadian politician
Agnès Marin (1997–2011), French murder victim
Agnès Martin-Lugand (born 1979), French novelist
Agnès Matoko, Romanian model
Agnès Mellon (born 1958), French soprano
Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach
Agnès Merlet (born 1959), French film director
Agnès Nkada (born 1995), Cameroonian footballer
Agnès Ntamabyaliro Rutagwera (born 1937), Rwandan politician
Agnès Pannier-Runacher (born 1974), French businesswoman and politician
Agnès Poirier (born 1975), French journalist, writer, and broadcaster
Agnès Raharolahy (born 1992), French sprinter
Agnès Rosenstiehl (born 1941), French author and illustrator
Agnès Soral (born 1960), Franco-Swiss actress, comedian, and writer
Agnès Sorel (1421–1450), favorite mistress of King Charles VII of France
Agnès Souret (1902–1928), French-Basque actress
Agnès Spaak (born 1944), French-Belgian actress and photographer
Agnès Sulem (born 1959), French mathematician
Agnès Tchuinté (1959–1990), Cameroonian javelin thrower
Agnès Teppe (born 1968), French discus thrower
Agnès Thill (born 1964), French politician
Agnès Thurnauer (born 1962), French-Swiss artist
Agnès Troublé (born 1941), French fashion designer Agnès b.
Agnès Varda (1928–2019), French movie director
Agnès Vesterman, French classical cellist
Agnès Zugasti (born 1972), French tennis player

Agness

Agness Gidna, Tanzanian paleontologist
Agness Musase (born 1997), Zambian footballer
Agness Underwood (1902–1984), American journalist and newspaper editor

Agnieszka

Agnieszka Radwańska (born 1989), Polish tennis player

References

^ "20 nomi femminili vintage (ma ancora bellissimi)". Donna Moderna (in Italian). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2
^ "Shakespeare's Wife." New York Times. 4-27-2008.
^ Behind the Name

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[1] "20 nomi femminili vintage (ma ancora bellissimi)". Donna Moderna (in Italian). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

[2] Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2

[3] "Shakespeare's Wife." New York Times. 4-27-2008.

[4] Behind the Name

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