Details for the forename Agatha

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Agatha (female)


Variants:	Agace (F) Agata (F) Agathe (F) Agathia (F) Agda (F) Ågot (F) Ágota (F) Águeda (F)
Pet Name(s):	Ag (F) Aggie (F) Aggy (F)
Derivative(s):	Agace (S)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Private correspondent [TL³]
Notes:	English, from Greek "good". Popular in the Middle Ages and through to the early 20^th century, but less so today. A correspondent [TL³] has reported the variant Agathia in the Kettins parish records in County Angus, Scotland in the early 19^th century.