Agata

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Зоя in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 5 more, Zoya in BR Brazil, ES Spain, PE Peru and 4 more, זויה in IL Israel, LV Latvia and Zoja in SI Slovenia, XK Kosovo.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Agata is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name535K records spelled Agata5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Chile

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian

  Also written Agață, Ágata

• English given name95K records spelled Agata27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Germany, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Ágata, Agáta, Ağata, Agàta, Ãgata

• Italian given name6.3K records spelled Agata5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Uganda

  Also written Ágata, Agàtà, Àgata, ́agata

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Agata is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, do gr. agathé; matronímico ligado a Santa Ágata e a topônimos homônimos

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Dal greco agathós, "buono"; nome di santa martire.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Dal greco agathḗ, "buona, virtuosa".

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Swedish, Agata är ett grekiskt namn, Agathḗ, femininform till → Agaton (av ett adjektiv med betydelsen ’god’). En norsk form är → Ågot. En känd namnbärare är den b rittiska deckarförfattaren Agatha Christie (1890–1976). I den rikssvenska almanackan 5 februari, efter en martyr i Italien (200-talet). I den finlandssvenska almanackan 7 december.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, Variante di Agati

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 48 years between 1920–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Agatha, wife of Edward the Exileb. 1100UAnot in their usual nameWife of Edward the Exile
• Maria Szymanowskab. 1789PLnot in their usual namePolish composer and pianist (1789–1831)
• Agata Kuleszab. 1971PLPolish actress
• Agata Kornhauser-Dudab. 1972PLFirst Lady of the Republic of Poland
• Agata Buzekb. 1976PLPolish actress and model (born 1976)
• Agata Zubelb. 1978PLPolish composer and singer
• Agata Wróbelb. 1981PLPolish weightlifter
• Agata Mucenieceb. 1989LVLatvian model and actress (born 1989)
• Agata Trzebuchowskab. 1992PLPolish actress
• Princess Luisa of Savoyb. 2006CHnot in their usual nameborn 2006; younger daughter of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont, and Clotilde Courau

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 679 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Agata?

We estimate roughly 545 thousand people bear Agata (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Agata have the most bearers?

Agata is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled зоя.

Where is Agata most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Agata is densest in Poland — about 1 in 208 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Agata compared with other names?

In Russia, Agata is the 84th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Agata a male or female name?

Agata is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Agata mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek. See }Agatha in main dictionary.