Agness

Agness is an anglicized spelling variant of Agnes, which derives from the ancient Greek name Hagnē, rooted in the adjective hagnos meaning pure or chaste. The name became widely used across medieval Europe largely through the veneration of Saint Agnes of Rome, a young Christian martyr of the third century who became one of the most celebrated saints in the Western church. Agness follows the same phonetic value as Agnes but reflects older or regional orthographic conventions sometimes found in Scottish and Scandinavian records. Related forms include Ines, Inés, Agnès, and Agnese.