Procopius

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Procopius

Say it: proh-KOH-pee-us

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Meaning

From Greek prokopē 'progress'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Spread through saints of that name and was used in Bohemia as Prokop.

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

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Early ChristianCzechRussianGreek

The family of the name

Other spellings: Prokopios

GreekProkopios
CzechProkop
RussianProkopy
ItalianProcopio

Famous bearers

  • Procopius of Caesarea, Byzantine historian
  • Saint Procopius of Sázava

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Where this comes from

  • Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
  • Calendars of saints and name days

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