Agneta

Spellings & scripts●

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 28 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◐

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

• French given name565 records spelled Agneta3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Sweden, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Agnèta

• a separate given name451 records spelled Agneta2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Agnēta

• Polish given name181 records spelled Agneta2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Sweden, United States

  Also written 'Agneta

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●

Agneta is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

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

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) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Agneta Hornb. 1629SESwedish countess and writer (1629-1672)
• Isabelle de Charrièreb. 1740CHnot in their usual nameDutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)
• Agneta Pleijelb. 1940SESwedish writer
• Agneta Ulfsäter-Troellb. 1941SESwedish writer
• Agneta Elers-Jarlemanb. 1948SESwedish film director
• Agnetha Fältskogb. 1950SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer (born 1950)
• Agneta Eckemyrb. 1950SESwedish actress and model (1950–2018)
• Agneta Anderssonb. 1961SESwedish canoeist
• Yvonne Rydingb. 1962SEnot in their usual nameSwedish TV presenter and model
• Agneta Sjödinb. 1967SESwedish television presenter and writer

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 · 74 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Agneta?

We estimate roughly 34 thousand people bear Agneta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Agneta have the most bearers?

We estimate about 31 thousand people bear Agneta in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled agneta.

Where is Agneta most common?

Agneta is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 324 people carrying it.

How common is Agneta compared with other names?

In Sweden, Agneta is the 93rd most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.

Is Agneta a male or female name?

Agneta 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 Agneta mean?

Recorded meaning: Agneta är en sidoform till → Agnes, bildad utifrån detta namns latinska böjningsformer, särskilt den sekundära genitivformen Agnetæ som ger nominativ Agneta.