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The first name Hippocrates

A boy’s name from Latin.

Pronounced /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/ 3 syllables Male

Meaning and origin

Latin origin

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

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Hippocrates in other languages

Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

أَبُقْرَاط
ʔabuqrāṭ
Arabic, also بُقْرَاط
Հիպոկրատ
Hipokrat
Armenian
希波克拉底
Xībōkèlādǐ
Chinese
Hippokrates
Finnish
Hippocrate
French
Hippokrates
German
Ιπποκράτης
Ippokrátis
Greek
बुक़रात
buqrāt
Hindi
Hippokratész
Hungarian
Ippocrate
Italian
ヒポクラテス
Hipokuratesu
Japanese, also ヒッポクラテース
Hippocratēs
Latin
Hippokrates
Norwegian
Hipokrates
Polish
Hipócrates
Portuguese
Hippocrate
Romanian
Гиппокра́т
Gippokrát
Russian
Hipócrates
Spanish
Hippokrates
Swedish
Hipokrat
Turkish
Гіппокра́т
Hippokrát
Ukrainian

Spelled Hippocrates in Dutch too.

Nicknames and spellings

Other spellings and forms

  • Hippokrates

More Latin boys’ names

Questions

What does the name Hippocrates mean?
Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.
What is the origin of the name Hippocrates?
Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.
How do you pronounce Hippocrates?
Hippocrates is /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/, 3 syllables.
What are other spellings of Hippocrates?
Hippokrates.