Given name
Agathon
“good”
Agathon is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in English and Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agathon goes back to Ancient Greek Ἀγάθων, meaning “good.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Agathon developed from Ἀγάθων.
Agathon’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Agathon has a short form in AGU. In English usage, Agathon developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀγάθων. In German usage, Agathon has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form AGATON.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agathon has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Agathon comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
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.
People named Agathon
- AgathonAthenian tragic poet (c.448–c.400 BC)444 BC–399 BC
- Agathonas IakovidisGreek singer (1955–2020)
- Aat de RoosDutch field hockey player (1919–1992)
- Agathon Jean François FainFrench historian (1778-1837)
- Agathonson of the Macedonian Philotas and the brother of Parmenion and Asander
- Agathon of ScetisEgyptian monk350–350
- Agathon MeurmanFinnish politician (1826–1909)
- Agathon RwasaBurundian politician, leader of the Congrès National pour la Libération (CNL)born 1964
- Agathon Carl Theodor FabergéRussian goldsmith (son of Carl) and philatelist (1876-1951)
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