Agatha

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Zoe in AR Argentina, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 13 more, Zoi in PL Poland, GR Greece, Agathe in FR France and Zoey in PH Philippines.

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 19 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◐

Agatha is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name9.8K records spelled Agatha5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Agatha, Agatha', Ágatha

• Hindi given name3.7K records spelled Agatha7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, Philippines

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written আগাথা, Ágatha

• a separate given name2.3K records spelled Agatha2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Also written Ágatha

• Finnish given name1.4K records spelled Agatha4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Hungary, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Ágatha

• Italian given name766 records spelled Agatha3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Spain, Belgium

  Also written Àgatha, Ágatha

59 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●

Agatha 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.

• Latinized version of the Greek name Agathé, from the feminine form of the adjective agathos ‘good’, ‘honourable’. This was the name of a Christian saint popular in the Middle Ages; she was a

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, alternative spelling of Ágata

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, Greek 'the good'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, Greek; good, kind, honourable

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. 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 of Sicilyb. 235ITChristian saint and martyress (235–261)
• Agafia of Rusb. 1190PLnot in their usual namePrincess of Mazovia
• Agafia of Chernigovb. 1195not in their usual name(1195-1238)
• Agatha of Lorraineb. 1200Countess consort of Burgundy (c.1120–1147)
• Agatha Christieb. 1890GBEnglish mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
• Agatha Barbarab. 1923MTMaltese politician (1923-2002)
• Kim Westonb. 1939USnot in their usual nameAmerican soul singer
• Agatha Ruiz de la Pradab. 1960ESSpanish fashion designer and Grandee
• Ágatha Bednarczukb. 1983BRBrazilian beach volleyball player
• Rayeb. 1997GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer-songwriter

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 · 643 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Agatha?

We estimate roughly 530 thousand people bear Agatha (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Agatha have the most bearers?

Agatha is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled zoe.

Where is Agatha most common?

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

How common is Agatha compared with other names?

In Argentina, Agatha is the 319th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Agatha a male or female name?

Agatha 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 Agatha mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek 'good'; name of a 3rd-century Sicilian martyr.