Aglaia (given name)
Aglaia is a feminine given name that comes from the ancient Greek Grace Aglaia (Ἀγλαΐα). It may also be written Aglaïa or sometimes as Aglaja, Aglaya, or Aglaea.
People named Aglaia include:
- Aglaia Coronio, 1834-1906, British artist
- Aglaia Mortcheva 1972-, Bulgarian actress
- Aglaia Anastasiou, 1986-, Greek swimmer
- Aglaia Koras, Greek-American pianist
- Aglaja Brix, German actress
- Aglaia Kiarina Kordela, Greek-American philosopher
- Aglaia Kremezi, food writer
- Aglaja Orgeni 1841-1926, opera singer and teacher
- Aglaia, Princess Rosetti-Răducanu
In fiction:
- Aglaia, the wife of Karagiozis
- Aglaia or Aglaya Yepanchin, is the name of a character that features in Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, where she is the daughter of General Epanchin.
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