Given name & surname
Aglaia
“splendour, beauty”
Aglaia is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “splendour, beauty.” It is used in English, Italian, and Portuguese.
Original GreekΑγλαΐα
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In English usage, Aglaia developed from Ἀγλαΐα.
The story
In mythological stories, Aglaia is associated with one of the three Graces.
Aglaia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 204 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.
Aglaia’s family of names
In English usage, Aglaia developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀγλαΐα. Aglaia has a related form in Aglae. Aglaia has a related form in Agalaia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aglaia has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Aglaia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Aglaevariant
- Agllaialikely variant
- Agaliavariant
- Agalaiavariant
- Aglayahvariant
- Aglayavariant
- Aglayevariant
- Aglaiahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
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 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aglaia
- Aglaia SzyszkowitzAustrian actressborn 1968
- Aglaia KonradAustrian-Belgian visual artist (born 1960)
- Aglaia PezzatoItalian swimmerborn 1994
- Aglaia CoronioBritish art collector (1834–1906)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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