Given name
Hippocrates
“a great philosopher”
Hippocrates is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a great philosopher.”
Original Ancient GreekἹπποκράτης
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a great philosopher.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In English usage, Hippocrates developed from Ἱπποκράτης.
Hippocrates’s family of names
In English usage, Hippocrates developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἱπποκράτης. Hippocrates has a related form in Hipocrates. In Dutch usage, Hippocrates has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Hipokrat.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hippocrates has relatives in 30 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Hippocrates comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ἱπποκράτηςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΙπποκράτηςGreek
- HipokratTurkish
- ГиппократRussian
- Гіппокра́тUkrainian
- HipócratesSpanish, Portuguese
- Гиппокра́тRussian
- HippocrateRomanian, French
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- HipokratesPolish
- ابقراطPersian
- هیپوکراتیسPersian
- بقراطPersian
- ХиппократэсMongolian
- YpocrasMiddle English
- HippocratēsLatin
- ヒッポクラテースJapanese
- ヒポクラテスJapanese
- IppocrateItalian
- HippokratészHungarian
- बुक़रातHindi
- 希波克拉底Mandarin
- HippokratAzerbaijani
- ՀիպոկրատէսClassical Armenian
- ՀիպոկրատArmenian
- بُقْرَاطArabic
- أَبُقْرَاطArabic
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