Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts ῞Αγνων(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /há.ɡnɔːn/(Classical Greek) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Possibly from Ancient Greek ἁγνός (hagnós) "pure, chaste" or "holy, sacred". This was the name of a 5th century BC Athenian general and statesman.