Agate

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Agate is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Venezuela, Italy

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Agàte

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Agate 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 English, from residence near a gate; first attested John a gate, atte Gate 1296 SRSx

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, by a gate; the first syllable represents the fused ME pre¬ position a, o, in origin a var. of the Eng. vocab. word on, reinforced by ANF a (L ad).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In English, John a gate, atte Gate 1296, 1327 SRSx. From residenee near a gate.

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In io, adverbial present passive participle of agar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

• Alfred Thomas Agateb. 1812USAmerican artist (1812-1846)
• James Agateb. 1877GBBritish diarist and critic (1877-1947)
• Edward Agateb. 1880GBBritish translator

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).

34 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Agate come from?

person who lives by a gate, i.e. a city gate Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

What does the name Agate mean?

Recorded meaning: person who lives by a gate, i.e.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Agate?

In the United States, the national register counted about 395 people named Agate, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled agate. After it come Belgium; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Agate most common?

Agate is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 842 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Agate?

In the United States, the national register counted 395 people named Agate in 2010, about 1 in 842 thousand residents.