Agen Name

Agen (Agin) appears as a middle name in the Dent family.

There is a town named Agen in Aquitaine, France. There are not many records of this name in England, however there are quite a few in Ireland and Germany. This geographic pattern complements the historical 'diaspora' of survivors of the Albigensian Crusade, who retreated to the farthest corners of the Christian world in the 13th century AD. England and Ireland in particular, some sources suggest, were less inclined to support the Inquisition and heretical burnings of this time. There are also songs and stories to support the connection of Agen and Ireland.

There is also a cave in Wales named Agen, this name meaning fissure or gap in Welsh/Gaelic.