Agapito
Agapito is both a given name and a surname. It is the Spanish and Italian version of Agapitus. Agapitus comes from Greek Ἀγαπητός (Agapetos), meaning "beloved", which derives from ἀγαπάω (agapaō, “to love”), related to ἀγάπη (agapē, “love”).[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Pope Agapetus I (490–536), Bishop of Rome, known as Agapetos in contemporary sources
- Agapito Aquino (1939–2015), Filipino politician
- Agapito Conchu, Filipino film director
- Agapito Gómez (born 1963), Spanish boxer
- Agapito Jiménez Zamora (1817–1879), Costa Rican politician
- Agapito Lozada (1938–2011), Filipino swimmer
- Agapito Mayor (1915–2005), Cuban baseball player
- Agapito Mba Mokuy (born 1965), Equatorial Guinean politician
- Agapito Sánchez (1970–2005), Dominican Republic boxer
- Agapito Flores, purported inventor of fluorescent light
Surname
- Julio García Agapito (died 2008), Peruvian environmentalist
- Lourdes Agapito, Spanish computer scientist
- Oliver Agapito (born 1973), Filipino basketball player
Nickname
- Alejandro Garcia Padilla (born 1971), Puerto Rican politician (nickname given to him by the Puerto Rican media)
Other
- Agapito (film), a 2025 Philippine short drama film