Agatha
Agatha is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Good and honourable.
What Agatha means
Good and honourable.
Agatha sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Agatha comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Agatha is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Agatha?
In the girl name rankings we track, Agatha falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Agatha
Two ideas meet in Agatha: grace and gentleness and faith. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Agatha
These share Agatha's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Siya — The goddess Sita.
- Rei — Beautiful; spirit.
- Agnes — Pure and holy.
- Ariadne — Most holy and pure.
- Calliope — Beautiful voice; muse of poetry.
- Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
- Dorothy — Gift of God.
- Effie — Well-spoken; pleasant.
- Eudora — Good gift.
- Evangeline — Bearer of good news.