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 Anastasiou (born 1986), Greek swimmer
• Aglaia Coronio (1834–1906), British embroiderer, bookbinder, and art collector
• Aglaia Konrad (born 1960), Austrian photographer and educator
• Aglaia Koras, Greek-American pianist
• Aglaia Kremezi, Greek food writer and journalist
• Aglaia Mortcheva (born 1972), Bulgarian animator, illustrator, voice actress, and professor
• Aglaia Papa (1904–1984), Greek painter
• Aglaia Pezzato (born 1994), Italian swimmer
• Aglaia Szyszkowitz (born 1968), Austrian actress
• Aglaja Brix (born 1990), German actress
• Aglaja Orgeni (1841–1926), Hungarian coloratura soprano
• Aglaja Schmid (1926–2003), Austrian stage and film actress
• Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), Swiss writer
• Aglaya Tarasova (born 1994), Russian actress

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 Yepanchin.