Agrippina

Girl · Latin

Agrippina

Say it: ag-rih-PEE-nuh

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Meaning

Derived from Agrippa, of uncertain origin (see Agrippa).

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Borne by imperial women; through a saint's cult it passed into Russian use as Agrafena.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Latin Russian Italian

The family of the name

Russian	Agrafena
Italian	Agrippina

Famous bearers

Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero

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Where this comes from

Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
Calendars of saints and name days

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