Given name & surname
Agueda
Agueda is a variant of Agatha. One Greek interpretation is “good and kind; St. Agatha is the patron saint of bell-founders.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Agueda is a variant of Agatha. One Greek interpretation is “good and kind; St. Agatha is the patron saint of bell-founders.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Agueda is a variant of Agatha. An origin associated with Agatha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Agueda is a variant of Agatha. The history of Agatha gives this family its wider story. Agatha experienced a revival in the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Agueda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 245
- 0 boys · 245 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 11 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 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,050 as a first name in 2020; 271 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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