Given name & surname
Agnès
“chaste”
Agnès is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in French and Catalan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agnès goes back to Ancient Greek Ἁγνή, meaning “chaste.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Agnès shares an earlier linguistic root with Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Agnès developed from Agnes.
Agnès’s family of names
In French usage, Agnès developed from the Latin form Agnes. In French usage, Agnès has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Agnieszka. Agnès shares a linguistic root with Agnes.
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Around the world
Agnès has relatives in 19 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agnès
- Agnès JaouiFrench actress, film director, screenwriter and singerborn 1964
- Agnès SorelFrench Royal mistress (1422-1450)
- Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundyregent (1260-1327)
- Agnès CallamardFrench human rights activistborn 1963
- Agnès BuzynFrench hematologist and politicianborn 1962
- Agnès Pannier-RunacherFrench politician and business executiveborn 1974
- Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and CastileQueen consort of León1059–1078
- Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of AquitaineDuchess of Aquitaine, countess of Anjou (995-1068)
- Agnès Martin-LugandFrench novelistborn 1979
Characters named Agnès: Esmeralda (Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
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