Agatha, also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the Greek feminine name Ἀγάθη (Agáthē; alternative form: Ἀγαθή Agathḗ), which is a nominalized form of ἀγαθή (agathḗ), i.e. the feminine form of the adjective ἀγαθός (agathós) "good".
It was the name of St. Agatha of Sicily, a third-century Christian martyr. Rarely has the name been given in English-speaking countries during recent years. Agatha was last ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls born in the United States during the 1930s.
“Agatha” is a common name in Greece and countries that speak Germanic languages.
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Russian name
In Russian, the name "Ага́та" (Agata) was borrowed from the Western European languages, and derives from the same Ancient Greek root from which older names Agafya and Agafa also come. Its masculine version is Agat. In 1924–1930, the name was included into various Soviet calendars, which included the new and often purposefully created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.
Its diminutives include Agatka (Ага́тка), Aga (А́га), and Gata (Га́та).
Regional variants
Agaate (Estonian)
Agafia (Ukrainian)
Agat(h)e (Danish, French, Greek, Norwegian)
Agata or Ágata (Galician, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, foreign adaptation for Ukrainian)
Agáta (Czech, Slovak)
Ágota/Agota (Hungarian, Lithuanian)
Agate (Latvian)
Águeda (Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
Àgueda or Àgata (Catalan)
Ukanesh, Ukiana (Chuvash)
Agatha, Agata (Indonesian)
Ågot (Norwegian)
Agafya (Russian)
Diminutive variants
Aagje or Aagtje (Dutch)
Agacia (Polish)
Agusia (Polish)
Agatina (Italian)
Agatka (Polish)
Aggie (English)
Ági (Hungarian)
Agunia (Polish)
Aguś (Polish)
Agotėlė (Lithuanian)
Agasha (Russian)
Ague (Spanish)
Aet (Estonian)
People
Agatha
Agatha of Sicily (died 251), Christian saint sometime spelled as Saint Agata
Agatha (wife of Samuel of Bulgaria) (born 10th century), Bulgarian Empress
Agatha (wife of Edward the Exile) (before 1030 – after 1070), Anglo-Saxon royalty
Agatha of Lorraine (c.1120–1147), wife of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1632–1681), daughter of Count Philip Wolfgang of France
Agatha Marie of Hanau (1599–1636), German countess
Agatha Amata (born 1969), Nigeria television personality
Agatha Bacovia (1895–1981), Romanian poet
Agatha Barbara (1923–2002), only female President of Malta
Agatha Bârsescu (1857–1939), Romanian actress, opera singer, and teacher
Ágatha Bednarczuk (born 1983), Brazilian beach volleyball player
Agatha Bennett (1919–2006), American artist
Agatha Biddle (1797–1873), French fur trader
Agatha Chapman (1907–1963), British-Canadian economist
Agatha Christie (1890–1976), English crime writer
Agatha Deken (1741–1804), Dutch writer
Agathe
Agathe Aladin (born 1967), Haitian artist
Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), Norwegian pianist and composer
Agathe L. van Beverwijk (1907–1963), Dutch mycologist and botanist
Agathe Bonitzer (born 1989), French actress
Agathe-Pauline Caylac de Caylan (1782–1847), French writer
Agathe Fontain (born 1951), Greenlandic politician
Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan (1801–1877), French operatic contralto
Agathe Génois (born 1952), Canadian writer
Agathe Habyarimana (born 1942), the widow of former Rwandan President
Agathe de La Boulaye (born 1972), French actress
Agathe de La Fontaine (born 1972), French actress
Agathe Laisné (born 1999), French golfer
Agathe Lasch (1879–1942), German philologist
Agathe Lecaron (born 1974), French radio and television presenter
Agathe Max, French violinist
Agathe Meunier (born 1993), French acrobatic gymnast
Agathe N'Nindjem-Yolemp (born 1980), Cameroonian basketball player
Agata
Agata Balsamo (born 1970), Italian long-distance runner
Agata Barańska (born 1993), Polish tennis player
Agata Biernat (born 1989), Polish beauty pageant titleholder
Agata Błażowska (born 1978), Polish ice dancer
Agata Bulwa (born 1975), Polish archer
Agata Buzek (born 1976), Polish actress
Agata Ciabattoni, Italian mathematician
Ágata Cruz, pseudonym of Luz Machado (1916–1999), Venezuelan political activist, journalist, and poet
Agata Czaplicki (born 1983), Swiss swimmer
Agata della Pietà (fl. c. 1800), Italian composer, singer, and teacher of music
Agata Flori (born 1938), Italian film actress
Agata Forkasiewicz (born 1994), Polish sprinter
Agata Gotova (born 1971), Russian child actress
Agata Grzybowska (born 1984), Polish photojournalist
Agata Guściora (born 1994), Polish footballer
Agata Hikari (1943–1992), Japanese novelist and translator
Agata Karczmarek (1963–2016), Polish long jumper
Agata Karczmarzewska-Pura (born 1978), Polish volleyball player
Fictional characters
Agatha de Lacey, a minor character in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Agatha Clay/Heterodyne, the heroine of the Girl Genius comic book series
Agatha Magtibay, one of the main protagonists that is evil in The Blood Sisters (TV series)
Agatha Crumm, the title character of a newspaper comic strip
Agatha Flugelschmidt, a character in the live action/animated television series Noddy played by Jayne Eastwood
Agatha Gregson or Aunt Agatha, recurring character in the Jeeves stories of British writer P. G. Wodehouse
Agatha Hannigan, disturbed caregiver and central antagonist of Annie (musical)
Agatha Harkness, Marvel Comics witch
Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast, the main antagonist of ParaNorman
Agatha Raisin, amateur detective in a series of novels by M.C. Beaton
Agatha Troy, Ngaio Marsh character, wife of Roderick Alleyn
Agatha Trunchbull, the sadistic antagonist of Roald Dahl's book and film Matilda
Agatha, from the 2014 American comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lady Agatha Danbury, dowager lady in Netflix period drama Bridgerton