Agatha
f.
Ancient Greek ἀγαθή 'good'.
The name of a 3rd C Sicilian martyr whose cult was widespread throughout both the Western and Eastern churches, and a 10th C Bulgarian empress.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Agatha BoonenGes p. 373
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Agatha (nom) chlumecky 24
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Agatha (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 18;
1189 Agatha (nom) GASurv p. 176;
1279–80 Agatha (nom) WaHR-SK p. 49;
1340xc1450 Agatha (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 8;
1377 Agas' (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5,
Agatha (nom) ibid. p. 4;
1381 Agatha (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 115
- Middle English
- ● 1438 Agas EEW p. 110
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Agathe LIWill-III p. 19;
1560 Agas SOmar-vol9 p. 2
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1127 Agathe (gen) CartStPC XIX;
1259 Agatha (nom) NDParisII 2-I;
1378 Agathe (gen) hanquetvol1 2130
- Old French
- ● 1291 Agace (obl) HistHdVParis p. 107;
1313 Agace Paris1313 p. 22
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1149 Agatha (abl) mairhofer XXX;
1230 Agasia (abl) hennes-vol1 p. 89
- Early New High German
- ● 1403 Agatha (nom) UrkKH-2 913
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1302 Agata (nom) Slíz p. 14;
1314 Agathes (nom) ibid. p. 14
- ◑ 1340 Aguch (nom) Slíz pp. 14-15
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1527 Agata (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
- ◑ 1348 Agathelle (dat) INP 36
- Latvia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1522 Agate Arbusow p. 97
Cite as: R. Le Get, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Agatha". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Agatha.