Hypatia

Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Ὑπατία(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek ὕπατος (hypatos) meaning "highest, supreme". Hypatia of Alexandria was a 5th-century philosopher and mathematician, daughter of the mathematician Theon.

Related Names

Masculine FormHypatos

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Images

Hypatia of Alexandria in a 1908 illustrationHypatia of Alexandria in a 1908 illustration

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Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ὑπατία&facet-nymRef=῾Υπατία.
Entry updated October 6, 2024