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I'd pronounce it as you do.
It's pretty, for sure. Prettier than Agnes. But I almost think it's a cop-out, or dumbing -down of Agnes.
On the other hand, if I was forced to choose to name a daughter one or the other, for her sake, I'd likely use Agnessa.

i say ag-NES-uh. Agnes with an a.

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it looks...kind of smashed together? in my opinion. i prefer Agneza, which actually used to be in my top 10.

And yes I prefer it to Agnes. It’s a bit more elaborate and has a more expressive beauty.

In Russian it’s êg-NyES-ê, with ê being a Schwa sound (similar to ‘uh’). In English I think ag-NESS-ah (like Agnes+a) is a reasonable pronunciation.