Agapios as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Agapios

What is the meaning of the name Agapios ?

The baby name Agapios is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /aɣaˈpios/ (ah-GAH-pee-os).

Agapios is Greek in Origin.

Agapios is a Greek masculine name rooted in ἀγάπη (agápē), the Christian virtue of selfless, charitable love; the suffix -ios yields the sense “beloved” or “pertaining to love.” Attested in late antiquity within Christian communities, it carried devotional overtones and often signaled baptismal names chosen to embody virtue. The feminine counterpart is Agapi (Agape), while related Greek forms include Agapetos/Agapetus (“beloved”).

The name appears across the early church in several martyrs and clerics, notably Agapius of Caesarea and the 10th‑century historian Agapius of Hierapolis. Usage today is uncommon but persists in Greece, Cyprus, and the wider Orthodox world. Variant and cognate forms include Latin Agapius, Church Slavonic/Russian Agapiy (Агапий), Ukrainian Ahapiy, Romanian Agapie, and Romance Agapito (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese). It aligns with the Christian tradition of virtue names and appeals to parents seeking a rare, quietly devout choice centered on steadfast, sacrificial love.

⚙ Agapios is a rare name. There are only 32 recorded uses of it in our data, from 5 countries.