I wasn't making fun of you. I'm sorry if it came off that way.

Don't worry, I know it - I just could not find + on this board.

In reality, ``Agnes'' is not a common name anymore.

Here in Poland it is one of the most common female names. And there is another thing which may be interesting for you - every Polish first name ending with "a" is a female name, and every name not ending with "a" is a male name. So it is good for computer programs to tell the sex from the first name