Entry № 8202 · Greek origin

Policarpa Policarpa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ poh-lee-KAR-pah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Colombian independence martyr (La Pola)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern (Spanish)

A name that means "colombian independence martyr (la pola)".

Policarpa combines the Greek poly (much) and karpos (fruit) — "much fruit." Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795-1817) — known as "La Pola" — was the Colombian seamstress-spy of the independence movement, gathering intelligence from Spanish officers whose uniforms she sewed.

Colombian independence martyr (La Pola) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Policarpa
Transliteration
Policarpa
Pronunciation
/ ˌpɒl.ɪˈkɑːr.pə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Policarpa stands.

Policarpa 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.

Policarpas before her.

Real people
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Colombian independence heroine.
1795 – 1817
In fiction
Policarpa
Subject of Colombian historical novels.

Names connected to Policarpa.

The number behind Policarpa.

1

The Leader

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