Given name & surname
Agnese
“one who is pure; chaste”
Agnese is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agnese is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Agnese is a variant of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἁγνή, from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (“pure, chaste”), from Ancient Greek ἁγνεία (“purity, chastity”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Agnese through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 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 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 as a first name in 2020; 191 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Agnese’s family of names
Agnese shares a linguistic root with Agnes. In Italian usage, Agnese has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ines. In German usage, Agnese has a related form in Agnes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agnese has relatives in 9 languages.
9 related names in 9 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 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agnese
- Agnes of AssisiPoor Clare abbess1197–1253
- Agnes of MontepulcianoDominican nun, wonderworker and saint1268–1317
- Agnese Viscontidaughter of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. She was consort of Mantua by her marriage to Francesco I Gonzaga1362–1391
- Agnese PossamaiItalian athleteborn 1953
- Agnese BonfantiniItalian association football player (born 1999)
- Agnese Allegrinibadminton playerborn 1982
- Agnese DurantiItalian rhythmic gymnastborn 2000
- Agnese NanoItalian actressborn 1965
- Agnese del MainoMilanese noblewoman and the mistress of Filippo Maria Visconti1411–1465
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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