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By Clare Green · Jul 2026

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Hippolyte

OriginFrench from Greek
Meaning"releaser of horses"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Hippolyte as a girl's name
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Famous Hippolytes

  • Hippolyte Bouchard

    French Argentine sailor and corsair

  • Hippolyte Adolphe Taine

    French critic and historian

  • Hippolyte Ferdinand "Frank" De La Rue

    Australian Air Force commander

  • (Armand) Hippolyte Louis Fizeau

    French physicist

  • Hippolyte Bernheim

    French physicist

  • Hippolyte Bayard

    French photographer

  • Hippolyte d'Albis

    French economist

  • (Claude Hélène) Hippolyte Renaud

    French officer and journalist

Hippolyte in pop culture

  • Hippolyte

    character in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

Variations & nicknames

  • HipolitoPortuguese
  • HippolytosGreek
  • IppolitoItalian

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