# Hippocrates (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hippocrates/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hippokrates |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَبُقْرَاط, بُقْرَاط
- Armenian: Հիպոկրատ
- Chinese: 希波克拉底
- Dutch: Hippocrates
- Finnish: Hippokrates
- French: Hippocrate
- German: Hippokrates
- Greek: Ιπποκράτης
- Hindi: बुक़रात
- Hungarian: Hippokratész
- Italian: Ippocrate
- Japanese: ヒポクラテス, ヒッポクラテース
- Latin: Hippocratēs
- Norwegian: Hippokrates
- Polish: Hipokrates
- Portuguese: Hipócrates
- Romanian: Hippocrate
- Russian: Гиппокра́т
- Spanish: Hipócrates
- Swedish: Hippokrates

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.