Entry № 4404 · Greek origin

Hypatia Hypatia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hy-PAY-shuh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Highest (Hypatia of Alexandria, ancient philosopher)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "highest (hypatia of alexandria, ancient philosopher)".

Hypatia is from the Greek hypatos (highest, supreme). Hypatia of Alexandria (c.

Highest (Hypatia of Alexandria, ancient philosopher) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ὑπατία
Transliteration
Hypatía
Pronunciation
/ haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hypatia stands.

Hypatia 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.

Hypatias before her.

Real people
Hypatia of Alexandria
Ancient mathematician + philosopher.
c. 350 – 415 CE
In fiction
Hypatia
Kingsley's 1853 novel + Amenábar's 2009 Agora.
1853

Names connected to Hypatia.

The number behind Hypatia.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hypatia reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.