Agota as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Agota

What is the meaning of the name Agota ?

The baby name Agota is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Hungarian: /ˈaːɡotɒ/ (AH-go-ta); English: /əˈɡoʊtə/ (uh-GOH-tuh).

Agota is Greek in Origin.

Agota is the Hungarian and Lithuanian form of Agatha, from Greek Agathē, rooted in agathos “good, kind.” In Hungarian the standard spelling is Ágota, while the unaccented Agota appears in transliteration and abroad; Lithuanian uses Agota. Close variants include Agatha (English/Latin), Agathe (French, German), Agata (Italian, Polish, Russian, Czech/Slovak Agáta), and Portuguese/Spanish Ágata, all conveying the same meaning of goodness and virtue.

Usage spread through the veneration of Saint Agatha of Sicily, a 3rd‑century martyr whose feast on 5 February anchors the name day in Hungary and Lithuania. Ágota is attested in medieval Hungarian records and experienced periodic revivals in the 19th–20th centuries alongside other saintly classics. In Lithuania, Agota appears in calendars and literature, retaining a traditional, quietly vintage charm while remaining internationally recognizable through its Agatha/Agata cognates.