Agata



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Name: Agata

Gender: Feminine

Origin: Europe

Language: Italian

Thematic: Unknown Thematic

Meaning: Good

Comments: Agata is derived from the Ancient Greek word agathe, the feminine of the adjective agathos, meaning 'good' in the sense of 'honest', 'noble-hearted'. The name is most popular in southern Italy, and especially in Sicily, owing to the popularity of St Agata, a 3rd-century Sicilian martyr.

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