Given name & surname
Agata
Agata is a variant of Agatha. One Greek interpretation is “good and kind; St. Agatha is the patron saint of bell-founders.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agata is a variant of Agatha. One Greek interpretation is “good and kind; St. Agatha is the patron saint of bell-founders.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Agata is a variant of Agatha. An origin associated with Agatha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish usage, Agata developed from Ἀγαθή.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Agata is a variant of Agatha. The history of Agatha gives this family its wider story. Agatha experienced a revival in the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Agata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 470
- 0 boys · 470 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,377 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,377 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,484 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Agata’s family of names
In Polish usage, Agata has a diminutive in Aga. Agata shares a linguistic root with Agatha. In Italian usage, Agata has a conventional equivalent in the German form Agathe.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agata has relatives in 10 languages.
19 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Agata
- Agata BuzekPolish actress and model (born 1976)
- Agata KuleszaPolish actressborn 1971
- Agatha DrangaLatvian model and actress (born 1989)
- Agata Kornhauser-DudaFirst Lady of the Republic of Polandborn 1972
- Agata ZubelPolish composer and singerborn 1978
- Agata Mróz-OlszewskaPolish volleyball player1982–2008
- Agata WróbelPolish weightlifterborn 1981
- Agata TrzebuchowskaPolish actressborn 1992
- AgathaWife of Edward the Exile1100–1100
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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