# Agathinus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/agathinus/  
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 | “good”, “-ine: forming adjectives” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Agathinos |
| 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 Agathinus, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθῖνος (Agathînos), from ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”) + -ῖνος (-înos, “-ine: forming adjectives”).

## In other languages

- Greek: Αγαθίνος
- Latin: Agathinus

## 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.