Given name · also Latin
Àgata
“good”
Àgata is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan and Sicilian.
Original LatinAgatha
Meaning & origin
What it means
Àgata goes back to Ancient Greek ἀγαθός, meaning “good.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Àgata comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Sicilian usage, Àgata developed from Ἀγαθή. In Sicilian usage, Àgata developed from Ἀγαθός.
Àgata’s family of names
In Sicilian usage, Àgata shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Agata. In Sicilian usage, Àgata has a conventional equivalent in the English form Agatha. In Sicilian usage, Àgata continues an earlier form in Agatha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Àgata has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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