Agatha
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning good, virtuous, honorable.
Agatha by the numbers
In 2025, 46 babies in England and Wales were named Agatha. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 218 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Agatha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean honour
Like Agatha, each of these has honour in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Amandaworthy of love; fit to be loved954 in the US (2017)
- Mirandaadmirable or worthy of admiration934 in the US (2017)
- Antoniapriceless; worthy of praise91 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryananoble or honorable; a form of Ariana206 in the US (2017)
- Honorhonor, integrity, virtue203 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Agatha, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Agatha
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