Agaton
Fewer than ten Polish men carry it: the PESEL register counted seven alive in early 2026, and most Poles have never met one. It's a Greek word worn as a name, from *agathos*, "good".
Agaton Pronunciation
Agaton is pronounced ah-GAH-ton (/aˈgatɔn/).
What Agaton means
Where Agaton comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Agaton comes from the Greek word agathos, "good." The name says plainly what it means. A person called Agaton wears the adjective as an identity, and the Greek root gives the meaning without any later gloss or borrowed sense.
History gives the name to a saint. Pope Agatho, who died in 681, is remembered in the Church calendar, and Polish tradition keeps his memory on the name-day of 7 December, with a second date on 10 January. A boy named Agaton shares his imieniny with a man who led Rome fourteen centuries ago.
In Poland the name is rare. The PESEL register counted seven living men named Agaton in early 2026. Read a class register in any Polish school and you are unlikely to meet one. That scarcity is part of what the name offers now. Whoever carries it holds a Greek word for "good," agathos, and a date in early December to answer to.
When Agaton celebrates name day
Agaton appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 10 January.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Agaton
1 in 3049455 men in Poland is named Agaton. 7 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #19906 among male names.
Agaton as a middle name
Agaton is a first name for 7 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 25/75 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1902nd, between Yong (22) and Agung (21).
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#1900 Yasser22
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#1901 Yong22
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#1902 Agaton21
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#1903 Agung21
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#1904 Andżelo21