Agnes

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne)

Greek‘αγνος (hagnós) = 'pure, chaste' [1] [2]

2) The name has early been associated with the Latin word agnus = 'lamb' as well [2]

Related Names

     
Agnas ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Agnes ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Agnès ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Agnis ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish Swedish
Aknes ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aunis ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ávdnos ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami

See also
Variant forms: Agna, Agneta, Aune, Inés
Male form: Agne

Combinations

For combinations see AGN (name element)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

21 January

Norway Norway

21 January

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

21 January

Sweden Sweden

21 January

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Agnes
Accusative: Agnesi
Dative: Agnesi
Genitive: Agnesar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1289 [2]
Iceland: 14th century [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 10349 18381 1 7
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 2968 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1713 3433 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 3086 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Agnes(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Agnes(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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