Agnes

Agnès Ágnes English Etymology en ine-pro *h₁yaǵ- en grc Ἁγνή, coming from en grc ἁγνός pure, chaste, en grc ἁγνεία purity, chastity. en Inez. Pronunciation en /ˈæɡ.nɪs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Agnes.wav UK Proper noun en female Ancient Greek. en 1876 Annie Howells Fréchette Reuben Dale The Galaxy W.C. and F.P.Church, 1876 394 Why do you call Mrs. Stone Aggie? Agnes is such a beautiful name, it is a shame to nick it in that way." Then, quickly regretting his impatience, he added, "You would not have been jealous, would you, Jenny? en 1977 w:Colleen McCullough The Thorn Birds Harper & Row 0517201658 3,5 Right then and there in her mind she had christened it Agnes, the only name she knew elegant enough for such a peerless creature. - - - She held the doll so her brothers could see. "Look, isn't she beautiful? Her name is Agnes.[...]Agnes? Agnes?" Jack gagged realistically. "What a soppy name! Why don't you call her Margaret or Betty? en 1995 Elizabeth Wurtzel Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America Riverhead Books 1573225126 14 I found myself wanting to explain it to her, this middle-aged woman with the kind of haircut you call a hairdo, which needed to be set in rollers every night, who had a name like Agnes or Harriet, a name that even predated my mother's generation. en locality shire:Suf/South Gippsland south eastern s/Victoria c/Australia. Usage notes The name of one of the four great virgin martyrs, by folk etymology associated with Latin la agnus lamb. Popular in the Middle Ages and again at the turn of the 20th century. In Ireland Agnes has been used as an Anglicization of ga Úna. Derived terms Agnes Bank en Agnesian en Burton Agnes en Papworth St Agnes en St Agnes Related terms en Aggie en Inez en Nancy Descendants Translingual: Agnesia genus Translations female given name Aragonese: an Ainés f Armenian: hy Ագնես Azerbaijani: az Aqnes Basque: eu Añes Catalan: ca Agnès f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿格尼絲 Āgénísī, cmn 艾格尼絲 Àigénísī, cmn 愛格妮思 Àigénīsī, cmn 阿格奈什 Āgénàishí from Hungarian, cmn 阿涅絲 Ānièsī from French, cmn 依搦斯 Yīnuòsī Catholic Czech: cs Anežka f Danish: da Agnes c Dutch: nl Agnes f Estonian: et Agnes Faroese: fo Agnas f Finnish: fi Aune Franco-Provençal: frp Nyèthe f, frp Nyéchèta f French: fr Agnès f Galician: gl Inés f German: de Agnes f Greek: el Αγνή f Hawaiian: haw ʻAkeneki Hungarian: hu Ágnes Icelandic: is Agnes f Irish: ga Aignéas f Italian: it Agnese f Latin: la Agnes f Latvian: lv Agnese f Lombard: lmo Agnésa f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Agnes f Nynorsk: nn Agnes f Occitan: oc Anha f Polish: pl Agnieszka f, pl Jagna f Portuguese: pt Inês f Romanian: ro Agnes n Russian: ru Агне́сса f Sami: Skolt Sami: sms Aagni Scottish Gaelic: gd Aigneas f Slovak: sk Agnesa f, sk Agneša f Spanish: es Inés f, es Ynés f Swedish: sv Agnes c Ukrainian: uk Агнеса f Vietnamese: vi Anê Welsh: cy Agnes f Anagrams en aegns Geans Senga geans Danish da: Proper noun da female Agnes Ancient Greek Related terms da Agnete, da Agnethe References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 324 females with the given name Agnes have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Estonian et: Proper noun et proper noun et female Agnes Ancient Greek Related terms et Agne, et Age, et Aune, et Ines, et Agneta, et Neta German de: Etymology de grc Ἁγνή, coming from de grc ἁγνός pure, chaste Pronunciation de /ˈaː.ɡnəs/ /ˈaːk.nəs/ de /ˈax.nəs/ northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial de De-Agnes.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f,-.gen:':ens[older ending] de female Agnes Ancient Greek Declension f,-.gen:':ens[older ending] Related terms de Ines Latin la: Etymology la Agnes :bor grc:Ᾰ̔γνή + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun Agnes<3> f la Late Latin la female Ancient Greek en:Agnes,en:Annyce Declension Agnes<3> Descendants en Agnes 1 es Inés 1 Norwegian Bokmål nb: Proper noun nb proper noun f nb female Agnes Ancient Greek Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun f nn female Agnes Ancient Greek Scots Pronunciation sco /ˈaɡnəs/ Proper noun sco proper noun sco female Agnes Ancient Greek Related terms Diminutives sco Aggie Annie Nan Nannie Nanse Nansie References Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Agnes.wav Proper noun c sv female Agnes Ancient Greek Related terms sv Agneta, sv Inez Anagrams sv aegns agens anges gasen Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Agnes + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun + tl female English Welsh cy: Alternative forms cy Agnest cy Annest Pronunciation cy /ˈaɡ.nɪs/ Proper noun f cy female grc:ἁγνός<t:pure> Mutation References Heini Gruffudd https://www.swansea.ac.uk/graduation/honoraryawards/honoraryawardsarchive/honoraryawards2013/heinigruffudd/ Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Enwau_Cymraeg_i_blant/vuWhRAAACAAJ?hl=en Y Lolfa 2010 11 9781847712196