THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Agatha
Agatha is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Agatha. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈʔaɡata/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌʔaː.ɣ̠ɐˈt̪a]Standard-Tagalog
A · ga · tha3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Agatha.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Agatha (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Agatha
Wiktionary: Agatha (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin Agatha, chiefly in honor of St Agatha, a 3rd-century Christian martyr, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Agatha (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Agatha
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Agatha Wong
Filipino wushu practitioner
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Agay Cruz
Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1980)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Agatha Wong, Agay Cruz
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Agatha in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Agatha
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Agaton♂Spanish form: Agatón
- Aretha♀Named for Aretha Franklin
- Natha·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Agapita·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Agardo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Agueda·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Bertha·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Editha♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
What rhymes with Agatha?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Agatha further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q221396 — Agatha (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Agatha Wong (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q221396 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Agay Cruz (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q221396 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Agatha (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Agatha (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Agatha (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.