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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Hippolytus m. A derivative of Ancient Greek ἵππος 'horse'.

The name of a 3rd C saint.

Hungary
Latin
1305 Ipolito (abl) Slíz p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus, Ipolitum (acc) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus; 1308 Ipoliti (gen) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus; 1309 Ypoliti (gen) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus; 1324 Ypoliti (gen) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus; 1332x1337 Ippolitus (nom) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus, Ypolitus (nom) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus, Yppolitus (nom) ibid. p. 172, s.n. Ipolitus; 1337 Ipolito (abl) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus; 1339 Ipolitus (nom) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus; 1341 Ipoliti (gen) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus, Ipolitus (nom) ibid. p. 171, s.n. Ipolitus, Ypolitus (nom) ibid. p. 172, s.n. Ipolitus
Italy
Italian
1449 Ipolito VitAs2 IV; 1513x1521 Hyppolito LeoX p. 13
Cite as: M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Hippolytus". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Hippolytus.