Given name & surname
Hippolyte
“of the stampeding horses”
Hippolyte is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “of the stampeding horses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “of the stampeding horses.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Hippolyte developed from Greek Hippolytos. The earlier name combines hippos (“horse”) and lyein (“to loose, free”).
The story
In mythological stories, Hippolyte is associated with the queen of the Amazons. The name’s historical associations include several early saints, including an important 3rd-century ecclesiastical writer.
Hippolyte’s family of names
In Norman usage, Hippolyte has a diminutive in POLYTE. Hippolyte shares a linguistic root with Hipolito. In French usage, Hippolyte has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form HIPOLIT.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hippolyte has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Polytediminutive · nrf
- Hippolitusvariant
- Hyppolitvariant
- Hyppolytevariant
- Hyppolytosvariant
- Hippolytusvariant
- Hippolitosvariant
- Hippolitvariant
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Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Hipolitocognate
- Hipólitoequivalent
- Ippolitequivalent
- ИпполитRussian
- HipolitPolish
- HippolytGerman
- Pòlitcognate
- Hipòlitcognate
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People named Hippolyte
- Hippolyte TaineFrench literary critic and historian (1828-1893)
- Allan Kardecsystematizer of Spiritism (1804–1869)
- Hippolyte GirardotFrench actor, film director and screenwriterborn 1955
- Hippolyte FlandrinFrench painter (1809-1864)
- Ippolito II d'EsteCatholic cardinal1509–1572
- Hippolyte BayardFrench photographer (1801–1887)
- Hippolyte AucouturierFrench cyclist (1876–1944)
- Hippolyte Mège-MourièsFrench chemist (1817-1880)
- Hippolyte CarnotFrench statesman (1801-1888)
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