Meaning and background
The story behind Agnes
Agnes has an older history than its deceptively simple spelling suggests. It descends from a Greek word for “chaste” and later acquired a separate association with the Latin word for lamb, especially in images of Saint Agnes. The lamb is therefore a historical religious association, not the original Greek translation of the name.
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About Agnes
Recorded as a dog’s name
Agnes appears in 13 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/æɡnɪs/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/æɡnɪs/ · primary stress on syllable 1AE1 G N IH0 S
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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