People

Aggie may be a diminutive form of the given names Agne, Agnatha, Agamemnon

Agamemnon

In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Electra and Orestes. Mythical legends make him the king of Mycenae or Argos, thought to be different names for the same area...

, Agata/Agatha, Agnija, or Agnes

Agnes (name)

Agnes is a female given name, which derives from the Greek name Ἁγνὴ hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy". The Latinized form of the Greek name is Hagnes, the feminine form of Αγνός Hagnos, meaning "chaste" or "sacred"...

. It may also be a diminutive form of a family name that begins with 'Ag-'.

People who are known as 'Aggie' include:

• Christopher J.C. Agajanian
  Christopher J.C. Agajanian
  Joshua "J.C./Aggie" Agajanian was an influential figure in American motorsports history. He was a promoter and race car owner.- Early life :...
  
  , US motor sports personality
• Rick Aguilera
  Rick Aguilera
  Richard Warren Aguilera is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 16-year baseball career, he pitched from 1985-2000 for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs....
  
  , retired baseball pitcher
• Aggie Guerard Rodgers, costume designer noted for designing the famous "Metal Bikini" of Return of the Jedi, a Star Wars
  Star Wars
  Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
  
  film
• Aggie Herring
  Aggie Herring
  Aggie Herring was an American actress. She appeared in 119 films between 1915 and 1939.She was born in San Francisco, California and died in Santa Monica, California.-Selected filmography:* Daredevil Jack...
  
  , American actress
• Dame Agnes Graham Jekyll, British writer, author and philanthropist
• Aggie MacKenzie
  Aggie MacKenzie
  Agnes MacKenzie , is a Scottish television presenter. She is most prominently known for co-presenting the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House? with Kim Woodburn.-Biography:...
  
  , presenter of How Clean is Your House?, a British lifestyle television show
• Aggie Weston, a pioneer of the temperance movement
  Temperance movement
  A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
  
  

Fictional characters who are known as 'Aggie' include:

• Aggie, from Madeline
  Madeline
  Madeline is a children's book series written by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film...
  
  , a 1939 American children's book series
• Aggie, from Nanny McPhee
  Nanny McPhee
  Nanny McPhee is a 2005 fantasy film starring Emma Thompson and Colin Firth. Thompson also wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda books.-Plot:...
  
  , a 2005 British children's film
• Aggie, from Summer of '42
  Summer of '42
  Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island, off the coast of New England, embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Dorothy,...
  
  , a 1971 American movie that has been adapted into a book and a Broadway musical
• Aggie, from Itty Bitty Titty Committee
  Itty Bitty Titty Committee
  Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a feminist, lesbian-related comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit. It was released on 28 September 2007.The film had its premiere at the international film festival Berlinale on 9 February 2007, where it was nominated for a Teddy Award for Best Feature...
  
  , a 2007 comedy drama directed by Jamie Babbit
  Jamie Babbit
  Jamie Babbit is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films But I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet and Itty Bitty Titty Committee. She has also directed episodes of television programs including Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, United States of Tara, Nip/Tuck and...
  
  
• Aunt Aggie, from Angela's Ashes
  Angela's Ashes
  Angela's Ashes is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt. The memoir consists of various anecdotes and stories of Frank McCourt's impoverished childhood and early adulthood in Brooklyn, New York and Limerick, Ireland, as well as McCourt's struggles with poverty, his father's...
  
  , a 1996 Irish-American book and 1999 film
• Splendora Agatha 'Aggie' Cromwell, from the Halloweentown
  Halloweentown series
  The Halloweentown film series aired as works for television on The Disney Channel between 1998 and 2006.* Halloweentown, released in 1998...
  
  series of Disney television movies
• Big Aggie, a Nac Mac Feegle
  Nac Mac Feegle
  The Nac Mac Feegle are a type of fairy folk appearing in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith and I Shall Wear...
  
   from the Discworld fantasy book series
• Aggie Hannigan, from Annie
  Annie (film)
  Annie is a 1982 American musical film directed by John Huston and choreographed by Arlene Phillips. The film is an adaption of the 1977 stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the 1924 Little Orphan Annie comic strip by Harold Gray. The movie features music by Charles Strouse,...
  
  , a 1977 American musical and 1982 film
• Aggie McDonald, from Johnny Belinda
  Johnny Belinda (1948 film)
  Johnny Belinda is a 1948 American drama film based on the play of the same name by Elmer Blaney Harris. The movie was adapted to the screen by Allen Vincent and Irma von Cube, and directed by Jean Negulesco....
  
  , a 1940 American play that was adapted into a 1948 film and a 1967 film
• Niagara 'Aggie' Threepwood, a character from the Blandings Castle stories of P. G. Wodehouse
• Aggie Wilcox, from the Ministry is Murder novel series by American author Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards
  Emilie Richards is an American author of over 50 contemporary romance and mystery novels.- Early years :Emilie Richards was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. After receiving an undergraduate degree in American studies from Florida State University, Richards earned a...
  
  

Places

• Agashashok River, Alaska, which feeds into the Noatak River
  Noatak River
  The Noatak River is a river in northwestern Alaska. The river's headwaters are on tall Mount Igikpak in the Schwatka Mountains of the Brooks Range in the Gates of the Arctic National Park. The Noatak flows generally westward approximately to the Chukchi Sea at Kotzebue Sound. The river's entire...
  
  
• Aggie Creek, Fairbanks, Alaska
  Fairbanks, Alaska
  Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
  
  
• Aggie Creek, Utah County, Utah
  Utah County, Utah
  Utah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 368,536 and by 2008 was estimated at 530,837. It was named for the Spanish name for the Ute Indians. The county seat and largest city is Provo...
  
  
• Aggie Mount, in Bimberi Nature Reserve
  Bimberi Nature Reserve
  The Bimberi Nature Reserve is a reserve that comprises part of the Brindabella Ranges about 30 kilometres south-west of Canberra. It lies between Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks...
  
  , Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• Aggieland, College Station, Texas
  College Station, Texas
  College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...
  
  
• Aggieville
  Aggieville
  Aggieville is the name of six square blocks consisting of college-age oriented bars, restaurants and shops in Manhattan, Kansas, USA.- History :...
  
  , a district in Manhattan, Kansas
• Saint Aggies, nickname for St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls, a fictional school for owls from children's book series Guardians of Ga'Hoole
  Guardians of Ga'Hoole
  Guardians of Ga’Hoole is a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Scholastic. The series, which ended in 2008 with the publication of The War of the Ember, has a total of fifteen books. Apart from the main series there are a few more books and spin offs set in the same universe...
  
  
• A restaurant located in Val Caron, Ontario

Schools

Aggie may be a diminutive form of Agricultural, which forms part of the name or historical name of many schools, particularly in the United States. The following schools, or a student, alumnus, sporting team or newspaper of one of these schools may be referred to as 'Aggie':

• Albertville High School in Albertville, Alabama
  Albertville, Alabama
  Albertville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 21,160.- History :...
  
  
• Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton, Massachusetts
  Dighton, Massachusetts
  Dighton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,175 at the 2000 census. The town is located on the western shore of the Taunton River in the southeastern part of the state.- History :...
  
  
• Cameron University
  Cameron University
  Cameron University is a four-year, state-funded university located in Lawton, Oklahoma, that offers more than 50 degrees through two-year, four-year and graduate programs. The degree programs emphasize the liberal arts, science and technology and graduate and professional studies...
  
  , Oklahoma
• Colorado State University
  Colorado State University
  Colorado State University is a public research university located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The university is the state's land grant university, and the flagship university of the Colorado State University System.The enrollment is approximately 29,932 students, including resident and...
  
  , until 1955
• College of Agriculture, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, Philippines
• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  The New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a statutory college at Cornell University, a private university located in Ithaca, New York...
  
  , Cornell University
  Cornell University
  Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
  
  
• Delaware Valley College
  Delaware Valley College
  Delaware Valley College is an independent, comprehensive, four-year residential institution in Doylestown, Pa. It enrolls 1,700 full-time undergraduates studying 25 majors. The campus sits on 574 lush acres of rolling green hills...
  
  , Pennsylvania
• Essex Agricultural and Technical High School
  Essex Agricultural and Technical High School
  Essex Agricultural and Technical High School is an agricultural and technical high school located in Hathorne section of Danvers, Massachusetts.The school is home to over 400 high school students....
  
  , Massachusetts
• Forrest County Agricultural High School
  Forrest County Agricultural High School
  Forrest County Agricultural High School ' is a public, secondary school in Brooklyn, Mississippi . They provide education to grades 9-12....
  
  , Mississippi
• Hamilton High School (Hamilton, Alabama)
  Hamilton High School (Hamilton, Alabama)
  Hamilton High School is a high school located in Hamilton, Alabama, United States. The school is a part of the district. Hamilton was started in 1895 as West Alabama Agricultural School. Hamilton is in the Marion County School District...
  
  
• Kansas State University
  Kansas State University
  Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
  
  , until 1915
• Michigan State University
  Michigan State University
  Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
  
  , until 1925
• New Mexico State University
  New Mexico State University
  New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
  
  
• Norfolk County Agricultural High School in Walpole, Massachusetts
  Walpole, Massachusetts
  Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located about south of Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 24,070 at the 2010 census. Walpole was first settled in 1659 and was considered a part of Dedham until officially incorporated in 1724...
  
  
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
  
  
• Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
  Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
  Oklahoma State University–Stillwater is a land-grant, sun-grant, coeducational public research university located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. OSU was founded in 1890 under the Morrill Act...
  
  , until 1957
• Oklahoma Panhandle State University
  Oklahoma Panhandle State University
  Oklahoma Panhandle State University is a university in Goodwell, Oklahoma. OPSU is a baccalaureate degree granting institution. General governance of the institution is provided by the Board of Regents of the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges...
  
  
• Ontario Agricultural College
  Ontario Agricultural College
  The Ontario Agricultural College originated at the agricultural laboratories of the Toronto Normal School, and was officially founded in 1874 as an associate agricultural college of the University of Toronto...
  
  , University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
• Poteet High School in Poteet, Texas
  Poteet, Texas
  Poteet is a city in Atascosa County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,305 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for its first postmaster, Francis Marion Poteet....
  
  
• Sylacauga High School in Sylacauga, Alabama
  Sylacauga, Alabama
  Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 12,616.Nicknames for Sylacauga include: "The Marble City," "Buzzard's Roost" and "Sly Town"....
  
  
• Texas A&M University
  Texas A&M University
  Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
  
   in College Station, Texas
  College Station, Texas
  College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...
  
  
• University of California, Davis
  University of California, Davis
  The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
  
  
• University of Connecticut
  University of Connecticut
  The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
  
  , until 1933
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
  University of Massachusetts Amherst
  The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
  
  , until 1931
• Utah State University
  Utah State University
  Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
  
  

Ships

• Aggie, nickname for EAS Agamemnon
  EAS Agamemnon
  EAS Agamemnon is fictional starship in the science fiction series Babylon 5. The Agamemnon is an Earth Alliance Omega class destroyer...
  
  , a fictional spaceship from Babylon 5, a 1990s US television series
• Aggie, nickname for HMS Agamemnon
  HMS Agamemnon
  Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Agamemnon, after the legendary Greek king Agamemnon....
  
  , a battleship in the Royal Navy launched in 1906
• Aggie on Horseback, nickname for HMS Weston-Super-Mare, a ship in the Royal Navy
  Royal Navy
  The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
  
   launched in 1932

Songs and poems

• The Aggie Song, a song from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall...
  
  , a 1978 Broadway musical and 1982 film
• Farewell, Aggie Weston, a famous poem by Cornish poet Charles Causley
  Charles Causley
  Charles Stanley Causley, CBE, FRSL was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer. His work is noted for its simplicity and directness and for its associations with folklore, especially when linked to his native Cornwall....
  
  , and also the name of a poetry collection published by him
• Mistress Aggie, a nineteenth century poem by Hungarian poet János Arany
  János Arany
  János Arany , was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.-Biography:He was born in...
  
  

Other

• Agate
  Agate
  Agate is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.-Etymology...
  
  , a mineral
• A marble (toy)
  Marble (toy)
  A marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about ½ inch in diameter, but they may range from less than ¼ inch to over 3 inches , while some art glass marbles fordisplay purposes are over 12 inches ...
  
   that is made of agate
• Aggie (software), a news aggregator
• Aggie, US name of 1950s British television sitcom The Adventures of Aggie
  The Adventures of Aggie
  The Adventures of Aggie was a black-and-white sitcom starring Joan Shawlee that was made by ME Films and broadcast on ITV. It lasted for one series of twenty-six episodes. Also being aimed at the American market, it was broadcast in the US from December 1957 under the name Aggie...
  
  
• Cyclone Aggie, a 1971 Australian cyclone
• Aggie Awards
  Aggie Awards
  On February 7, 2009 AdventureGamers announced the nominations for its first annual award ceremony. The winners were revealed over the course of three days, from February 18 to February 20...
  
  , the awards presented each year by Adventure Gamers to the most relevant titles in the adventure genre

See also

• Agaie
  Agaie
  Agaie is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Agaie on the A124 highway.It has an area of 1,903 km² and a population of 132,907 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 911.-History:...
  
  , a historical state in present-day Nigeria
• Agey
  Agey
  Agey is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in Bourgogne in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
  
  , a commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France
• AGG (disambiguation)
• Agge (disambiguation)
• Saint Aggei, Wycliffe's spelling of Mar Aggai
  Mar Aggai
  Aggai was a legendary 1st-century primate of the Church of the East, reputedly the disciple of Mar Addai, who is conventionally believed to have sat from 66 to 87. His existence is disputed, and considered as one of several fictitious early church leaders whose lives were concocted in the 6th...
  
  , the second Bishop of Edessa, Mesopotamia
• Aggey (disambiguation)
• Aggi (disambiguation)
• Aggy (disambiguation)
• Agi (disambiguation)
• Agii (disambiguation)
• Agy
  Agy
  Agy is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...
  
  , a commune in the Basse-Normandie région of France