Agnes
pronunciation
How to pronounce Agnes in British English:
UK [ˈæɡnis]
How to pronounce Agnes in American English:
US [ˈæɡnɪs]
Word Origin
- Agnes
- fem. proper name, mid-12c., from Old French Agnes, from Greek Hagne "pure, chaste," from fem. of hagnos "holy," from PIE *yag- "to worship, reverence" (see hagiology). St. Agnes, martyred 303 C.E., is patron saint of young girls, hence the folk connection of St. Agnes' Eve (Jan. 20-21) with love divinations. In Middle English, frequently phonetically as Annis, Annys. In U.S., among the top 50 names for girls born between 1887 and 1919.
Example
- 1. Where 's this agnes ? What do you care ?
- 2. Just then the door opened and agnes entered silently .
- 3. One girl , agnes simaloi , who is now eight , has a deformed left leg and had been hidden away inside the family hut .
- 4. Aunt agnes glowed with joy .
- 5. What if agnes should resist ?