Agatha

Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Agatha [noted -ed]

Agatha is also used in Dutch and German, though in Germany it's less common than Agathe.

Add Usage: German, Swedish, Literature

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Pronounced: a-GA-ta (German, Swedish)

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Another bearer of this name is the infamous headmistress Agatha Trunchbull from Roald Dahl's 1988 novel 'Matilda'.

This name means “good”. It is a 3rd century saint name— because the name predates the ‘schism’ in ~1000 ad. Since it is a pre-schism name— it exists in all European languages. That’s cool. Anyway, I named my daughter this in 2007. So, I’ve had 12 years with this name. People love it. I’m pretty perceptive. I notice the raised eyebrow. I notice when they are like, “what?” I heard my mother’s shock the day Agatha was born. :-). But people love this name. My daughter is creative, interesting, confident, and oh so cool. Her nickname is not Aggie (which I don’t adore)... but someone nicknamed her Ags—- and it stuck. And it works. I call her Agafiya as a nickname. This name means good. It is “good”. Don’t name your kid Agatha. We love it, but she doesn’t need more Agatha’s. I think it is great that at age 12 - the only other Agatha she’s ever met was a French woman. :-)

The name Agatha was given to 85 girls born in the US in 2015.

Those saying the name is ugly are more than likely very biased towards it due to the entertainment industry almost always using this as the name for unpleasant female characters, which really isn't very fair. If you look at it from afresh, it has an appealing and nice ring to it. Very pretty, and a little mysterious.

The name Agatha was given to 43 baby girls born in the US in 2012.