Agnieszka Name Meaning & Origin
Agnieszka
Origin of the name Agnes:
Derived from the Greek Hagnē, which is from hagnos (chaste, pure, sacred). The name was borne by a thirteen-year-old Roman martyred for her Christian beliefs during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian
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This is the Polish form of Agnes.
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- Nicknames for Agnieszka
Akzseinga(pernouced ackz-E-ih-nga)
- Meanings and history of the name Agnieszka
Polish form of AGNES
- Famous real-life people named Agnieszka
Agnieszka Arnold, a Polish documentary filmmaker
Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), a Polish playwright and poet
Agnieszka Bednarek (born 1986), an international Polish volleyball player
Agnieszka Brustman (born 1962), a Polish chess master
Agnieszka Brzezańska (born 1972), an artist based in Warsaw
Agnieszka Chylińska (born 1976), a Polish rock singer and columnist
Agnieszka Domańska (born 1970), a Polish ice dancer
Agnieszka Duczmal (born 1946), a Polish conductor
Agnieszka Dulej (born 1983), a Polish ice dancer
Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), a Polish writer, translator, publicist, feminist and activist
Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter
Agnieszka Karpiesiuk (born 1982), a Polish athlete, a sprinter
Agnieszka Kotlarska (1970–1996), the first Polish winner of the Miss International beauty pageant
Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997), a Polish poet, lyricist, and journalist
Agnieszka Pachałko, the second Polish winner of the Miss International pageant
Agnieszka Perepeczko (born 1942), an actress now living in Australia
Agnieszka Pilchowa (born 1888), one of the most famous Polish clairvoyants
Agnieszka Radwańska (born 1989), a WTA Tour top 10 Polish tennis player
Agnieszka Siwek (born 1962), a former track and field sprinter from Poland
Agnieszka Truskolaska (1755–1831), a Polish actress, opera singer and theatre director
Agnieszka Włodarczyk (born 1980), a Polish actress and singer
Agnieszka Warchulska (born 1972), a Polish actress
Agnieszka Wieszczek (born 1983), a Polish freestyle wrestler
Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, a filmmaker and writer- Agnieszka in song, story & screen