Agnes is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “pure.” In 2024 it was given to 233 girls in the United States.
Agnes at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“pure”
Pronunciation
/ˈæɡ.nɪs/
About the name Agnes
Agnes belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “pure” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Agnes first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #37 in 1899, and in 2024 233 babies received the name — 159,270 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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