Given name

Agáta

“good”

Agáta is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Agáta goes back to Latin Agatha, meaning “good.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

In Czech use, Agáta shares an earlier linguistic root with Agatha. An origin associated with Agatha is Greek.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγάθη.

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The story

In Czech use, Agáta shares an earlier linguistic root with Agatha. The history of Agatha gives this family its wider story. Agatha experienced a revival in the 19th century.

Explained through its name family

Agáta’s family of names

In Czech usage, Agáta has a diminutive in Agátka. Agáta shares a linguistic root with Agatha. In Czech usage, Agáta has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Agata.

Walk Agáta’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Agáta has relatives in 8 languages.

Russian

7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

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 4

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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