Agnes

The name Agnes[ag-nis]^[1] is a female given name based on the Greek name hagne.Agnes is a Latin name meaning "pure" or "holy".^[2] The name was made popular by Saint Agnes of Rome, who was a well known saint.

Agnes was the third most popular girl's name for almost 400 years in English-speaking areas. The name was used a lot until near the 1970s in the United States. It was especially popular between 1900 and 1920, during which time the name spent a few years on the top 50 list for feminine names.In 2021 this name is not so popular and is a more personalized name.^[3]

The name was used on a costly hurricane that caused over $3 billion in damage and many deaths in 1972. The name Agnes was later retired.

• Saint Agnes of Rome (291–304), Catholic martyr
• Agnes of Assisi (1197/98–1253), one of the first abbesses of the Order of Poor Ladies
• Agnes of Bohemia (1211–1282), Bohemian princess
• Agnes of Montepulciano (1263–1317), Dominican prioress

• Agnes Ayres, American silent film star
• Agnes Baden-Powell, establisher of the Girl Guides movement
• Agnes Macdonald (1836-1920), second wife of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada
• Agnes Macphail, first female senator in Canada
• Agnès Maltais (born 1956), Quebec politician
• Agnes Moorehead, American actress
• Agnes Le Thi Thanh, one of the Vietnamese Martyrs
• Agnes Carlsson,Swedish singer

• Agnes, Victoria, a town in Australia
• Agnes Township, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States
• Agness, Oregon, United States

• Agnes, a Christian rock band

• Hurricane Agnes

• Agnieszka