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Also Languedocian and Gascon: https://ieo-oc.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=300 --- Source: Institut d'Estudis Occitans
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Also used in Luxembourg: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agn%C3%A8s_Durdu
http://www.actioun-letzebuergesch.lu/virnimm.html
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http://www.actioun-letzebuergesch.lu/virnimm.html
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Prolific French filmmaker Agnès Varda, the only female director associated with the influential French New Wave movement during the 1950s and 60s. Her career has spanned six decades, and at the age of 89 she became the oldest Academy Award nominee for her documentary Faces, Places (2017).
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Agnès Marin was a 13-year-old girl who was murdered on November 11, 2011 in Chambon-sur-Lignon, France. The murder was committed by 17 year-old Mathieu Moulinas, who at the time was on parole while awaiting trial for rape of another girl.
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Agnès Oblige (French, or at least French-ish, pronunciation for both), one of the main protagonists of the video game Bravely Default.
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I think this name is really pretty. I like both pronunciation, but I think I like An-yes a bit more. The name isn't only for old ladies. The little girl in Despicable Me was named Agnes, Ag-nis.
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It's not an ugly name. Its French pronunciation makes it really beautiful, but in English it's just average, not ugly. And for me there are no 'old' names... after all, 60 years from now all the Jaydens and Braylees will be grandparents, right?
Reminds me of Agnès Mellon, French soprano and founder of the Ensemble Barcarole. Strongly recommended.
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Reminds me of Agnès Mellon, French soprano and founder of the Ensemble Barcarole. Strongly recommended.
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I love the name Agnes, it makes me sad that so many of you don't like it or think its an "old lady's name." The name Agnes is beautiful, and so is Agnès, pronounced ahn-YES!
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The French pronunciation is really nice! The English makes me think of old ladies.
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Agnes is the original given name of the gypsy girl Esmeralda in Victor Hugo's "Hunchback of Notre Dame" (aka "Notre Dame de Paris").
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My mother's name is MARIE-AGNÈS and she is French. But since she lives in the USA everyone calls her Agnes (English pronunciation). I prefer the French pronunciation and I think that it sounds much better with Marie.
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I am an "old lady" (54 yrs. proud) and I have a young friend who is so embarrassed that her first name is Agnes that she has sworn me to secrecy. This is a travesty, and those of you who would judge or insult a person's name are thoughtless, hurtful people with too much time on your hands. Saint Agnes died a martyr, she died for something she believed in. How many of you would do the same. No matter what your name is, your parents bestowed it upon you because they loved you upon first sight, and gave it to you for what it meant to them.
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I'm French and I know several "Agnès": the French pronunciation is indeed an-YES or a-NYES.
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I speak French and my mother's name is Marie-Agnes and Marie-Amelie is correct about the pronunciation.
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How could such a beautiful sounding name have such an ugly, horrible English pronunciation? ahn-YAY is beauiful and AG-nis is just. **shudder**
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I thought the French pronunciation of Agnes was "on-yay".
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Considering that this is French, it should be pronounced more like "ahn-YE".
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I was told that the name AGNÈS is pronounced more like "an-YE" than "ag-NESS", although I'm not sure if that's correct. If it is, then AGNÈS sounds much prettier than AGNES (which is a cool name in my opinion, but a bit clumsy-sounding).
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Agnes is an ugly, old sounding name.
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