Entry № 217 · Greek origin

Agatha Agatha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AG-ah-thah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Good, kind"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "good, kind".

Agatha (Ἀγάθη) is from the Greek agathos, meaning "good" or "kind." Saint Agatha of Sicily (c.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976), the British mystery writer, is the most internationally known bearer — the best-selling novelist of all time.

Good. Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist.

The name in its native script.

Ἀγάθη
Transliteration
Agáthē
Pronunciation
/ ˈæɡ.ə.θə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Agatha stands.

Agatha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Agathas before her.

Real people
Agatha Christie
British mystery writer.
1890 – 1976
Saint Agatha
3rd-century virgin-martyr.
c. 231 – 251
In fiction
Agatha Harkness
Marvel witch in WandaVision.
2021 Marvel series

Names connected to Agatha.

The number behind Agatha.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Agatha reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.