Given name & surname
Agathe
Agathe 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
Agathe 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
Agathe is a variant of Agatha. An origin associated with Agatha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Agathe 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
Agathe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 0 boys · 49 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 447 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.
Agathe’s family of names
Agathe shares a linguistic root with Agatha. In German usage, Agathe has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Agata. Agathe has a related form in Agatha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agathe has relatives in 24 languages.
27 related names in 24 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AgataItalian, Polish
- AagotNorwegian, Icelandic
- АгафаRussian
- АгатаRussian
- AgátaCzech
- Àguedaequivalent
- Agotaequivalent
- АгафьяRussian
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People named Agathe
- Agathe UwilingiyimanaPrime Minister of Rwanda (1953-1994)
- Agathe Backer GrøndahlNorwegian pianist and composer (1847–1907)
- Agathe BonitzerFrench actressborn 1989
- Agathe Habyarimanawidow of former President of Rwanda Juvénal Habyarimanaborn 1942
- Agathe RousselleFrench actressborn 1988
- Agathe GuillemotFrench middle-distance runner (born 1999)
- Agathe de La FontaineFrench actressborn 1972
- Agathe LaschGerman university teacher (1879-1942)
- Agathe PembellotCongolese judge1942–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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