Given name & surname
Hipólito
Hipólito is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Original LatinHippolytus
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Hipólito developed from Hippolytus.
Hipólito’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Hipólito has a diminutive in LITO. In Spanish usage, Hipólito developed from the Latin form Hippolytus. In Spanish usage, Hipólito has a conventional equivalent in the German form HIPPOLYT.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hipólito has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Hipólito comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hipólito
- Hipólito Yrigoyenpresident of Argentina (1852-1937)1850–1933
- Hipólito RincónSpanish footballerborn 1957
- Hipólito Ruiz LópezSpanish botanist (1754-1816)
- Hipólito Ramosboxerborn 1956
- Hipólito UnanuePeruvian politician (1755-1833)
- PoliSpanish footballerborn 1977
- Hipólito da CostaBrazilian journalist and diplomat (1774-1823)
- Hipólito LázaroSpanish opera singer1887–1974
- Hipólito Reyes LariosMexican archbishop (1946–2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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