43%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Greek, Late Greek [1] Scripts Προκόπιος(Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek προκοπή (prokope) meaning "progress, advance". Saint Prokopios was an early Christian martyr who was beheaded in Palestine during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantProkopis(Greek) Other Languages & CulturesProkop(Czech) Prokopiy, Prokopy(Russian) Name DaysName Days? Greece: July 8 Categories actions, growth, martyrs, saints Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Προκόπιος.