Agnes

Agnes derives from the Late Greek name Hagnē, built on the adjective hagnos meaning pure or chaste, which was Latinized as Agnes and spread throughout medieval Europe through the veneration of Saint Agnes of Rome, a young Christian martyr executed in the early fourth century whose feast day remains widely observed. The name became enormously popular in the Middle Ages, carried by several saints and noblewomen across Western and Northern Europe. Related forms in other languages include Agnès in French and Catalan, Ágnes in Hungarian, Inés and Inês in Spanish and Portuguese, and Inez in English.