# Agapetus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/agapetus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “beloved”, “to love”, “masculine suffix” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Agapētus, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓γᾰπητός (Ăgăpētós), from ᾰ̓γᾰπητός (ăgăpētós, “beloved”), from ᾰ̓γᾰπᾰ́ω (ăgăpắō, “to love”) + -τός (-tós, “masculine suffix”).

## What it means

Agapetus is grouped under love.

## In other languages

- French: Agapit
- Greek: Αγαπητός
- Italian: Agapito
- Latin: Agapētus
- Polish: Agapit
- Russian: Агапи́т
- Spanish: Agapito

## People named Agapetus

- Agapetus I, 6th‑century Roman pope and canonized Catholic saint, considered a confessor of the faith
- Agapetus II, Catholic pope, 946-955
- Agapetus of the Kiev Caves, Christian saint and doctor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.