Given name & surname
Agneta
“one who is pure; chaste”
Agneta is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agneta is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Agneta is a variant of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek. In Swedish use, Agneta is a variant of Agnethe. An origin associated with Agnethe is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Agneta is a diminutive of Agnes.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Agneta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 5 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 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234 as a first name in 2020; 137 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.
Agneta’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Agneta is a diminutive of Agnes. In Estonian usage, Agneta shares a linguistic root with the Danish form Agnete. In Swedish usage, Agneta has a related form in AGNETHA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Agneta has relatives in 6 languages.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agneta
- Agneta AnderssonSwedish canoeist1961–2023
- Agneta PleijelSwedish writerborn 1940
- Agneta ErikssonSwedish swimmerborn 1965
- Agneta Mårtenssonswimmerborn 1961
- Agneta EckemyrSwedish actress and model (1950–2018)
- Agneta EkmannerSwedish actressborn 1938
- Agneta MatthesDutch entrepreneur (1847-1909)
- Agneta StarkSwedish feminist economistborn 1946
- Agneta SjödinSwedish television presenter and writerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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