Given name & surname
Agness
“one who is pure; chaste”
Agness is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agness is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Agness is a variant of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Agness through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 747
- 0 boys · 747 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 38 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 182 as a first name in 2020; 204 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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