Agathe
Agathe (also: Agatha) is a female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Agatha is a given name of Greek origin. Ancient Greek ἡ ἀγαθή agathe means "the good one". Agathe is the German variant of Agatha.
distribution
The first name Agatha has been used in Germany since the 11th century.
name day
The Catholic and Orthodox name day is February 5th after Saint Agatha of Catania .
variants
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Well-known namesake
Agatha / Agata
- Saint Agatha of Catania (3rd century), martyr and saint
- Agatha Barbara (1923–2002), Maltese politician
- Agata Bielik-Robson (* 1966), Polish philosopher and publicist
- Agata Buzek (* 1976), Polish actress
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British writer
- Agata Ciabattoni (* 1971), Italian computer scientist and professor
- Agata Flori (born 1938), Italian actress
- Agata Forkasiewicz (* 1994), Polish sprinter
- Agatha Gatter (16th / 17th century), victim of the witch persecution in Freiburg
- Agatha Marie von Hanau (1599–1636)
- Agatha Christine von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1632–1681)
- Agatha Kill (* 1948), German sculptor, medalist and jewelry designer
- Agata Kulesza (* 1971), Polish actress
- Agata Nowicka (* 1976), Polish curator, illustrator and comic book writer
- Agata Suszka (* 1971), Polish biathlete
- Agata Tarczyńska (* 1988), Polish football player
- Agata Trzebuchowska (* 1992), Polish film actress
- Agata Tuszyńska (* 1957), Polish author, poet and journalist
- Agata Wawrzyńczyk (* 1992), Polish volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Agata Wróbel (* 1981), Polish weightlifter
- Agata Zupin (* 1998), Slovenian athlete
Agathe
- Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), Norwegian musician
- Agathe Bessard (* 1999), French skeleton pilot
- Agathe Bonitzer (* 1989), French actress
- Agathe Bunz (1929–2006), German photographer and painter
- Agathe Fontain (* 1951), Greenland politician
- Agathe Habyarimana (* 1942), Rwanda's first wife
- Agathe Israel (* 1949), German psychotherapist and author
- Agathe Karrer (1902–1988), German athlete
- Agathe de La Fontaine (born 1972), French actress
- Agathe Lasch (1879–1942), German-Jewish Germanist
- Agathe Nalli-Rutenberg (1838–1919), German writer
- Agathe de Rambaud (1764–1853), governess at the French royal family
- Agathe von Siebold , fiancee of Johannes Brahms
- Agathe Streicher (1520–1581), doctor in the early modern period
- Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994), former Prime Minister of Rwanda
- Agathe Winkler (1925–2013), German actress and painter
Other forms
- Aagje Deken (1741–1804), Dutch poet
Fictional people
- Agathe Heiland, title role in the television series Agathe can't help it
Other usage of names
- Agate , French experimental rocket
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument , fossil deposit in Sioux County, Nebraska
See also
Wiktionary: Agathe - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Duden: The large first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Mannheim 2007. ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2