Agnes

AG-nis (English); ahn-YEZ (French); ANK-nehs (German); ANG-nehs (Swedihs); OW-nes (Dutch)

Greek

"pure, virginal"

Agnes Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ines

Agnes Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Agnes Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 136 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Agnes

• 136 Nameberry 2025
• 63 Unique 2024
• 474 England 2024
• 16 sweden 2024
• 46 Norway 2022
• 8 Denmark 2024

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Famous People Named Agnes

• Saint Agnes of Rome 3rd century virgin,martyr
• Saint Agnes of Assisi sister of Clare of Assisi, abbess of the Order of Poor Ladies
• (Marie) Agnes Henriette Princess of Hohenlohe,Langenburg; Hereditary Princess of Löwenstein,Wertheim,Rosenberg
• (Frederica Amalia) Agnes Princess of Anhalt,Dessau; Duchess consort of Saxe,Altenburg
• Agnes Sorel mistress of King Charles VII of France
• Agnes George de Mille American dancer and choreographer
• Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Eyre Henkel) American silent film actress
• Agnes Bruckner American actress
• Agnes Robertson Moorehead American actress
• Agnes (Emilia Carlsson) Swedish pop singer
• Agnes Caroline Thaarup Obel Danish singer,songwriter
• Agnes Varis American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Agnes Nixon American soap opera writer and producer
• Agnes Catharina Kant Dutch politician
• Agnes Schierhuber Austrian politician
• Agnes Varda French New Wave film director
• Agnes Martin 20th century American Abstract artist
• Agnes Mary Nolan Cohan American dancer
• Agnes Randolph Countess of Dunbar and March, was better known as Black Agnes, a Scottish heroine who famously withstood a siege of her castle by the English , "Cam I early, cam I late, I found Agnes at the gate"
• Agnes Monica Indonesian singer and actress
• Agnes Yorke (b. 2004) daughter of singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead
• Agnes Charles (b. 2006) daughter of actress Elisabeth Shue
• Agnes Lark Bettany (b. 2011) daughter of actors Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany
• Agnes Bro Asbæk (b. 2012) daughter of actor Pilou Asbæk and Anna Bro

The name Agnes in Pop Culture

• "Agnes Grey " novel by Anne Bronte and its main character
• Agnes Rackam delusional wife of William Rackam in Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
• "Agnes " novel by Peter Stamm and its main character
• "Agnes " comic strip by Tony Cochran and its main character
• Agnes birth name of Esmeralda in Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre,Dame"
• Agnes Fleming mother of the title character in Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist"
• Agnes Gru little girl in movie "Despicable Me"
• Agnes de Villeroy character in G. A. Henty's, At Agincourt
• Agnes Andrews character in the Gossip Girl series
• Agnes character in movie "The Poker House"
• Agnes Holland character on TV's "Upstairs Downstairs"
• Agnes Pitt character in the American Girl Samantha series, twin sister of Agatha Pitt
• Agnes Adler character in movie "It's Complicated"
• Agnes Wickfield character in Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield"
• Agnes Gooch homely character in "Mame"
• Agnes Skinner Principal Skinner's mother from "The Simpsons"
• Agnes de Burg character in G. A. Henty's, Wulf the Saxon
• Agnes Harmon Arthur's deceased wife on TV's "Maude"
• Agnes nerdy character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"
• Agnes witch on TV's "The Originals"
• Agnes Prout character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Agnes Crumplebottom character in "The Sims" (1 , 3) video/computer games
• Agnès Oblige character in the Square Enix game series "Bravely Default"
• Agnes Towler character on TV's Mr. Selfridge
• Agnes Kristofferson's love interest in the movie 'Fantastic Mr Fox'
• "Agnes" song by Glass Animals
• Agnes Rofa character in TV show "The Umbrella Academy"
• Agnes Jurati character in the upcoming TV series "Star Trek: Picard"
• Agnes Montague character in the podcast 'The Magnus Archives'
• Agnes Kitsworth character in TV's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

International Variations of the name Agnes

• Agnese Spanish
• Agnesca Italian
• Oanez Breton
• Anete Italian
• Agnethe Scandinavian
• Anka Czech
• Agnella Italian
• Anezka Czech
• Agnessa Russian
• Agnesa Czech
• Neza Slavic
• Agnia Russian
• Ines Portuguese
• Agneta Scandinavian
• Anneke Dutch
• Nessa Russian
• Nesta Welsh
• Ynes Spanish
• Inez Portuguese
• Agna German
• Agnesina Italian
• Agnola Italian
• Aignéis Irish Gaelic
• Inessa Russian
• Inesa Spanish
• Ynez Spanish
• Antje German
• Agnek Scandinavian
• Anke German
• Agneska Czech
• Agne Scandinavian
• Hagne Italian