Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Swedish also use, Agda shares an earlier linguistic root with 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 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Swedish also use, Agda 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Agda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 0 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 10 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 6 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1915.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Agda’s family of names
Agda shares a linguistic root with Agatha. In Swedish usage, Agda has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Агата. In Swedish usage, Agda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Agatha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Agda
- Agda MonteliusSwedish philanthropist (1850-1920)
- Agda ÖstlundSwedish politician (1870–1942)
- Agda RösselSwedish politician and diplomat (1910–2001)
- Agda PersdotterSwedish royal mistress
- Agda HelinSwedish actress1894–1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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