Given name · Russian
Аглая
“beauty, splendor; rejoicing”
Аглая (Aglája) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Aglaâ.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Аглая goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα, meaning “beauty, splendor; rejoicing.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Аглая’s family of names
In Russian usage, Аглая has a diminutive in Глаша. In Russian usage, Аглая has a conventional equivalent in the German form Aglaia. In Russian usage, Аглая has a transliteration in Aglaâ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
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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