According to
Giovan Battista Pellegrini, the name "Agordo" may derive from a
Lombard personal name, possibly
Agihard. However, there is a noted discrepancy between the current pronunciation and that of the suffix
-hàrd. Additionally, there is a phonetic similarity with the
Rhaeto-Romance word
Aga, meaning "water" which, when combined with the suffix
-ort, translates to "watery." This term could refer to
marshy areas associated with the various streams that were historically present (but have since been drained and redirected into the Rova stream, which once flowed through Agordo). ==Notable people==