Agrippas as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Agrippas

What is the meaning of the name Agrippas ?

The baby name Agrippas is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-GRIP-pas (approx. IPA: /əˈɡrɪpəs/; classical Latin: /aˈɡrippa/).

Agrippas is Latin in Origin.

Agrippas is the Greek form of the Latin cognomen Agrippa, written Ἀγρίππας in Greek sources. Its ultimate origin is uncertain - likely Etruscan - but Roman scholars offered a folk derivation from Latin aegre partus, “born with difficulty,” often glossed as breech-born. Modern etymologists therefore treat the meaning as obscure.

Agrippas/Agrippa saw wide use in antiquity: the celebrated Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa bore it, and the Judean rulers Herod Agrippa I and II are recorded by Josephus and in the New Testament, where the nominative Greek form Agrippas appears. Later European use dwindled, though the name persisted sporadically in learned and ecclesiastical contexts. Variants and related forms include Agrippa (Latin/English), Agrippas (Greek), Agripas (Hebrew/Modern Greek), Agrippino or Agripino (Italian/Spanish-Portuguese masculine derivatives), and the feminine counterpart Agrippina.

⚙ We can't find Agrippas in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.