Agnese

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 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◐

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

• Latvian given name10K records spelled Agnese3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Agnesė

• Spanish given name7.7K records spelled Agnese12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Agñese, Ãgnęśę, Agnėse, Agñësë, Agnése

• English given name7.1K records spelled Agnese7 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Agnesë

• a separate given name527 records spelled Agnese4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Latvia, United Kingdom

  Also written Agnèse, Agnesė, Agnése

• Croatian given name262 records spelled Agnese7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Latvia, Italy, Russia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Agnesë

41 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●

Agnese 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, Nome di origine greca/latina, da hagnḗ "pura, casta".

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Šķīstā

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Italian, forma mais corrente de Agnes

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, forme italienne d’Agnès; étymologie/saint non visibles dans l’OCR fourni

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 21 years between 2000–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Agnes of Assisib. 1197ITnot in their usual namePoor Clare abbess
• Agnes of Montepulcianob. 1268ITnot in their usual nameDominican nun, wonderworker and saint
• Agnese Viscontib. 1363ITdaughter of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. She was consort of Mantua by her marriage to Francesco I Gonzaga
• Agnese Schebestb. 1813DEAustrian singer, opera singer and music educator (1813–1870)
• Agnese Nanob. 1965ITItalian actress
• Agnese Allegrinib. 1982ITbadminton player
• Agnese Pastareb. 1988LVLatvian race walking competitor (born 1988)
• Agnese Āboltiņab. 1996LVLatvian alpine skier (born 1996)
• Agnese Bonfantinib. 1999ITItalian association football player (born 1999)
• Agnese Durantib. 2000ITItalian rhythmic gymnast

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 · 193 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Agnese?

We estimate roughly 7.0 thousand people bear Agnese (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Agnese have the most bearers?

Agnese is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled agnese.

Where is Agnese most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Agnese is densest in Latvia — about 1 in 299 people — even though Italy holds more of our records for it.

How common is Agnese compared with other names?

In Italy, Agnese is the 661st most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Agnese a male or female name?

Agnese 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 Agnese mean?

Recorded meaning: Dal greco ἁγνός, ‘pura, casta’; nome di santa martire (304), 21 gennaio.