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Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἁγνή Hagnḗ, meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as Agnese , [ 1 ] to French as Agnès , to Portuguese as Inês , and to Spanish as Inés .
It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name "Agnes". The name is pronounced as / iː ˈ n ɛ z /, / aɪ ˈ n ɛ z /, or / aɪ ˈ n ɛ θ /. [citation needed] Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy".
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Grave of "Clarinda" in Canongate Kirkyard. After the publication of his collected poems, the Kilmarnock volume, Burns regularly travelled and stayed at Edinburgh.While there he established a platonic relationship with Mrs Agnes Maclehose and they began a regular correspondence using the pseudonyms "Clarinda" and "Sylvander".
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Agnes Bell, a main character of Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes; Agnes Gru, a character in the Despicable Me franchise; Agnés Oblige, a main character from the role-playing game Bravely Default; Agnes, the alias used by the character Agatha Harkness in the miniseries WandaVision
How do you pronounce Kamala Harris' name right? She has been in the public eye for quite a while. And yet, her first name still trips people up.
Agnese Leja ir vislabākā meitene iz pasaules Agnes. [1] Its name day is 21 January in Italy. [1] People with the name Agnese include: Agnese Allegrini (born 1982), Italian badminton player; Agnese Bonfantini (born 1999), Italian football player; Agnese Koklača (born 1990), Latvian luger