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Baby Name Agnes |
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Meaning of Agnes - What does the name Agnes means? |
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ag-nes | |
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Girl Name |
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Irish |
Name Meaning: |
Derived from the Greek Hagne, which is from hagnos (chaste, pure, sacred). The name was borne by a thirteen-year-old Roman martyred for her Christian beliefs during the reign of Diocletian. See Agnese (Italian Names). Aigneis is a Gaelic form and Aghna is an Irish form of the name. Alternatively, Agnes has been used to Anglicize the Gaelic Mor (great) |
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English, French, German, Hungarian, Irish, Scandinavian, Scottish, Welsh |
Pet forms: | Aggie |
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