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    The first name Agathon

    A boy’s name from Greek meaning “good”, “-y: forming personal names”.

    3 syllables Male

    Meaning and origin

    Greek origin

    Agathon means “good”, “-y: forming personal names” in Greek.

    From Latin Agathon, from Ancient Greek Ἀγάθων (Agáthōn), from ᾰ̓γᾰθός (ăgăthós, “good”) + -ων (-ōn, “-y: forming personal names”).

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Agathon in other languages

    Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

    Агатон
    Agaton
    Bulgarian

    Spelled Agathon in Latin too.

    Famous people named Agathon

    8 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Agathon
      Athenian tragic poet (c.448–c.400 BC)
    • Agathon Jean François Fain
      French historian (1778-1837)
    • Agathon Meurman
      Finnish politician (1826–1909)
    • Heinrich Agathon Bernstein
      German naturalist, zoologist and explorer (1828-1865)
    • Agathon Rwasa
      Burundian politician, leader of the Congrès National pour la Libération (CNL), born 1964
    • Agathon
      Egyptian monk, 350–350
    • Aat de Roos
      Dutch field hockey player (1919–1992)
    • Kasimir Leino
      Finnish opinion journalist and writer (1866–1919)

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    Questions

    What does the name Agathon mean?
    Agathon means “good”, “-y: forming personal names” in Greek.
    What is the origin of the name Agathon?
    From Latin Agathon, from Ancient Greek Ἀγάθων (Agáthōn), from ᾰ̓γᾰθός (ăgăthós, “good”) + -ων (-ōn, “-y: forming personal names”).