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Hippolytus
Say it: hih-POL-ih-tus
Meaning
Greek Hippolytos, 'loosener of horses'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in France as Hippolyte, especially in the 19th century.
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
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Hippolyte |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Hipólito |
| Italian | Ippolito |
| Portuguese | Hipólito |
| German | Hippolyt |
| Polish | Hipolit |
| Russian | Ippolit |
Famous bearers
- Hippolytus of Rome, 3rd-century theologian
- Hippolyte Taine, French historian
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.