Agnes (name)

Agnes is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

The meaning of the first name Agnes is derived from the Greek ἁγνός, - ή, - όν ( hagnos ,-e, -on ), meaning ' pure, holy, consecrated "means, but partly also with Latin agnus ( " Lamb " ) in connection brought.

Dissemination

The surname is common since the 11th century in Germany, first in aristocratic circles and rather rare. More often he was in the 19th century, when the fate of Agnes Bernauer encouraged to literary and musical arrangements. Beginning of the twentieth century belonged to Agnes the 30 to 50 most popular female name. Mid-1930s, the incidence broke heavily, until the 1980s, it varies greatly, but does not reach the former popularity.

Name-day

The name day is on January 21, Memorial of Agnes of Rome. The Memorial of Agnes of Bohemia is the 2nd of March.

Variants

  • Albanian: Agnesa
  • German: Agnesa, Agnese, Agneta, Ines, Nisa, England (deprecated)
  • Finnish: Aune
  • French: Agnès
  • Greek: Αγνή
  • Lithuanian: Agnė
  • Upper Sorbian: Hanza
  • Polish: Agnieszka
  • Russian: Агния
  • Swedish: Agnetha, Agneta
  • Spanish: Inés, Inéz
  • Czech: Anežka
  • Hungarian: Ágnes

Famous names winners

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Holy named Agnes

  • Agnes of Aislingen, Nun in Rebdorf
  • Agnes of Assisi ( 1197-1253 to ), nun and founder of the monastery, Sister of St. Clare of Assisi
  • Agnes of Bohemia (1211-1282), Bohemian princess ( Feast day: March 6 )
  • Agnes of Burgundy ( Holy ) (c. 990/995; † 1068 )
  • Agnes of Montepulciano (1268-1317)
  • Agnes of Poitiers ( † 588 ), abbess of Sainte -Croix in Poitiers
  • Agnes of Rome († ~ 250), virgin, martyr
  • Agnes De ( † 1841), Vietnamese nun
  • Agnes of Jesus Galand (1602-1634), sister, Prioress

Nobleman named Agnes

  • Agnes of Andechs (* 1215, † before January 7, 1263 ) from the house of Andechs- Unterdießen, Duchess of Austria and Styria ( 1230-1243 ) and Duchess of Carinthia ( 1256-1263 )
  • Agnes of Andechs- Meranien (* around 1172, † 1201), Queen of France
  • Agnes III. of Anhalt (1445-1504), as Agnes III. 1485-1504 Abbess of Imperial free secular realm pin from Gander Home
  • Agnes of Anhalt- Dessau (1824-1897), Princess of Anhalt- Dessau and by marriage Duchess of Saxe- Altenburg
  • Agnes von Arnsberg (also Agnes Meschede, * around 1236, † 1306), last abbess of the ladies pin Meschede; also Abbess of pin Oedingen
  • Agnes Baden- Austria (* 1249, † 1295), " the last Babenbergerin "
  • Agnes of Bavaria (ca. 1262-1269 )
  • Agnes of Brandenburg (1257-1304), in Scandinavia known as Agnes of Brandenburg, 1273-1296 Queen of Denmark
  • Agnes of Brandenburg (~ 1298-1334 ), by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg Woldemar and by the second marriage to Otto the Mild Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
  • Agnes of Brandenburg (1584-1629), one after the other by marriage Duchess of Pomerania and Duchess of Saxe- Lauenburg
  • Agnes of Brunswick (1201-1267), wife of Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
  • Agnes II of Brunswick - Grubenhagen (1406-1439), abbess in Gander Home
  • Agnes of Edessa ( † around 1184 ), mother of the King of Jerusalem
  • Agnes I. (Gander home ) (* 1090, † 1125 ), Abbess of Quedlinburg and pins Gander Home
  • Agnes from Gander Home ( Agnes II, also Agnes of Quedlinburg, 1184-1203 ), Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gander Home
  • Agnes of Habsburg ( around 1315-1392 ), wife of Duke Bolko II the Small of Świdnica and Jawor
  • Agnes of Hesse (1527-1555), Electress in the Electorate of Saxony
  • Agnes of Hesse- Kassel (1606-1650), Princess of Hesse- Kassel and by marriage Princess of Anhalt- Dessau
  • Agnes von Limburg- Stirum (1563-1645), Abbess of Elten pins, Vreden, Borg Horst and Freckenhorst
  • Agnes von Mansfeld- Eisleben (1551-1637), Countess of Mansfeld
  • Agnes II ( Nevers ) ( † 1225 ), Countess of Tonnerre, Auxerre and Nevers
  • Agnes of Austria (1151-1182), Queen of Hungary and Duchess of Carinthia, daughter of Henry II Jasomirgott Babenberg duke of Austria and Bavaria
  • Agnes of Austria (1206-1226) (* 1206, † August 29, 1226 ), daughter of Duke Leopold VI, the wife of Duke Albert I of Saxony.
  • Agnes of Poitou German (around 1025-1077 ), ruler of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Agnes of Glogau (* 1293-1296; † 1361 ), Duchess of Lower Bavaria, Countess of neck
  • Agnes of Silesia - Liegnitz (1242-1265), Countess of Württemberg
  • Agnes of Solms- Laubach (1578-1602), Countess of Solms- Laubach and by marriage Countess of Hesse- Kassel
  • Agnes of Staufen ( Habsburg ) (about 1165/1170-vor 1232), Countess of Habsburg, wife of Rudolf II ( Habsburg)
  • Agnes of Staufen ( Pfalzgräfin ) ( ~ 1176-1204 ), Countess Palatine of the Rhine, Gaspare Spontini's opera title role in Agnes of Hohenstaufen
  • Agnes of Bourbon (1237-1288), Lady of Bourbon
  • Agnes of Hungary (1280-1364), wife of the Hungarian King Andrew III.
  • Agnes of Waiblingen (1072-1143), Duchess of Swabia, later Margravine of Austria
  • Agnes of Weimar- Orlamünde († 1354 ), first abbess of the monastery Himmelcron
  • Agnes of Wittelsbach (1335-1352), also Agnes of Bavaria, daughter of the Emperor Louis of Bavaria, nun
  • Agnes of Württemberg (1835-1886) (1835-1886; pseudonym Angelica Hohenstein ), writer

Other professionals named Agnes

  • Agnes Ayres (1898-1940), American silent film actress
  • Agnes Baltsa ( born 1944 ), Greek Kammersängerin
  • Agnes Bernauer (* 1410, † 1435 ), wife or lover of Duke Albrecht III. of Bavaria
  • Agnes Elle Bern (1923-1999), German actress
  • Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhio, known as Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
  • Agnes Carlsson (* 1988), Swedish singer
  • Agnès Desarthe (born 1966 ), French writer
  • Agnes Franz (1794-1843), German writer
  • Agnes Karll (1868-1927), reformer of the German health care
  • Agnes Kraus (1911-1995), German actress
  • Agnes Leclerq Joy (1840-1912), American actress and nurse
  • Agnes Martin (1912-2004), American painter
  • Agnes Pockels (1862-1935), German natural scientist
  • Agnes Sapper (1852-1929), German writer
  • Agnès Varda ( b. 1928 ), French - Greek film director
  • Agnes Windeck (1888-1975), German actress

Name winners of variants of the name Agnes

  • Agnieszka Cyl ( born 1984 ), Polish biathlete
  • Agnieszka Holland ( born 1948 ), Polish director
  • Agnieszka Osiecka (1936-1997), Polish writer, poet
  • Agnetha Fältskog ( born 1950 ), Swedish singer, composer
  • Agnieszka Radwańska (* 1989), Polish tennis player
  • Agnieszka Włodarczyk ( b. 1980 ), Polish actress and singer

Swell

  • Female first name
Ines (name) Hungarian language Consecrated virgin Agnes of Merania (1215-1263) Agnes of Merania Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen Agnes of Courtenay Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg Agnes of Hesse-Kassel Agnes of Limburg-Styrum Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben Albert I, Duke of Saxony Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg Agnes von Hohenstaufen Agnes of Dampierre Agnes of Austria (1281–1364) Agnes of Germany Agnes of Bavaria (nun) Agnes Bernelle
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