Agata
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Greek. See }Agatha in main dictionary
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aɡata/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Agata is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uganda than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.
- UGUganda≈1 in 89(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 208
- HRCroatia1 in 2.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Agata itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Uganda (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 235 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 89 (inferred from the name graph)
≈490,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Uganda, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Агата in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Greek. See }Agatha in main dictionary.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Agata counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UG Uganda | #18 | ≈490,000 est. | ≈1 in 89 | — | Agata | 2 |
| PL Poland | #79 | 184,481 | 1 in 208 | 184K | Agata | 210 |
| BR Brazil | — | 63,289 | 1 in 3.3K | 63K | — | 2 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 461 | Agata | 53 |
| RU Russia | #616 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 15K | #191 | Агата | 141 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 6,812 | 1 in 1.6K | 6.8K | Agata | 54 |
| HR Croatia | #305 | 1,506 | 1 in 2.8K | 1.5K | Agata | 33 |
| IS Iceland | — | 143 | 1 in 2.5K | 143 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); MVČR — living population register 2017; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Agata is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, do gr. agathé; matronímico ligado a Santa Ágata e a topônimos homônimos
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In Italian, Dal greco agathós, "buono"; nome di santa martire.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, Dal greco agathḗ, "buona, virtuosa".
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Swedish, Agata är ett grekiskt namn, Agathḗ, femininform till → Agaton (av ett adjektiv med betydelsen ’god’). En norsk form är → Ågot. En känd namnbärare är den b rittiska deckarförfattaren Agatha Christie (1890–1976). I den rikssvenska almanackan 5 februari, efter en martyr i Italien (200-talet). I den finlandssvenska almanackan 7 december.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In Italian, Variante di Agati
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Agatha, wife of Edward the Exileb. 1100UAnot in their usual nameWife of Edward the Exile
- Maria Szymanowskab. 1789PLnot in their usual namePolish composer and pianist (1789–1831)
- Agata Kuleszab. 1971PLPolish actress
- Agata Kornhauser-Dudab. 1972PLFirst Lady of the Republic of Poland
- Agata Buzekb. 1976PLPolish actress and model (born 1976)
- Agata Zubelb. 1978PLPolish composer and singer
- Agata Wróbelb. 1981PLPolish weightlifter
- Agata Mucenieceb. 1989LVLatvian model and actress (born 1989)
- Agata Trzebuchowskab. 1992PLPolish actress
- Princess Luisa of Savoyb. 2006CHnot in their usual nameborn 2006; younger daughter of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont, and Clotilde Courau
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 84 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 184K | #39 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 184K | #39 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 63K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 63K | #488 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 23K | #1,257 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 21K | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 1.5K | #438 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 956 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 538 | #623 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 461 | #71 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 455 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 364 | #488 |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Agata mean, and where does it come from?
- From Greek. See }Agatha in main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Agata a male or female name?
- Agata is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Agata have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 487 thousand people named Agata in Uganda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled agata.
- How do you pronounce Agata?
- A machine transcription gives /aɡata/ (IPA) for Polish.
- What are other forms of the name Agata?
- In the etymology graph, Agatha, Agathe and Aggie are forms of the same name in other languages; Jaga and Agda are recorded short or pet forms.
- How common is the name Agata?
- In Poland, the national register counted 184,481 people named Agata in 2026, about 1 in 208 residents.
- How common is Agata compared with other names?
- In Uganda, Agata is the 18th most common given name of 2,133 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/agataThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Agata” — the 18th most common given name in Uganda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.