Entry № 238 · Latin origin

Agrippina Agrippina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ag-rih-PEE-nuh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Born feet first (Roman Empress + Nero's mother)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "born feet first (roman empress + nero's mother)".

Agrippina is from the Latin Agrippa (born feet first) — feminine form.

Born feet first.

The name in its native script.

Agrippina
Transliteration
Agrippina
Pronunciation
/ ˌæɡ.rɪˈpiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Agrippina stands.

Agrippina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Agrippinas before her.

Real people
Agrippina the Younger
Roman Empress (Nero's mother).
15 – 59 CE
Agrippina the Elder
Roman noblewoman (Germanicus's wife).
14 BCE – 33 CE
In fiction
Agrippina (opera)
Handel's iconic 1709 baroque opera.
1709

Names connected to Agrippina.

The number behind Agrippina.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Agrippina reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.