# Aglaia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aglaia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “splendour”, “beauty”, “to laugh” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa, from ἀγλαΐα (aglaḯa, “splendour, beauty”)). It has the same Indo-European root as γελάω (geláō, “to laugh”).

## What it means

Aglaia is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 15,190 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,605 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 阿格莱娅
- Dutch: Aglaïa
- French: Aglaé
- German: Aglaia, Aglaja
- Greek: Αγλαΐα
- Italian: Aglaia
- Japanese: アグラヤ
- Polish: Aglaja
- Portuguese: Aglaia
- Russian: Агла́я
- Spanish: Aglaya

## People named Aglaia

- Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Austrian actress
- Aglaia Konrad, Austrian-Belgian visual artist (born 1960)
- Nastassja Kinski, German actress

## 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.