Agnes
Pure or chaste
Agnes comes from Greek Hagne, related to the adjective hagnos, pure or chaste. The English account supplies the Greek connection, while Tagalog documents borrowing from English.
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Casto
Chaste or pure
Casto is recorded in the consulted Spanish name reference with the Latin chaste or pure meaning. The historical adjective became a personal name and was preserved by saint traditions.
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Pure; unmixed
Dalisay has an adjective sense describing something unmixed. The dictionary also records noun senses connected with refined gold, but this page uses the adjective rather than treating every historical sense as the meaning of a given name.
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Bright or pure; form of Greek Phoebe
Febe is a Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Phoebe. The Greek Phoibe is associated with a word meaning bright or pure.
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