Hippolyte as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hippolyte

What is the meaning of the name Hippolyte ?

The baby name Hippolyte is a Male name , 3434 syllables long and is pronounced French: /i.pɔ.lit/ (ee-POH-leet); English: /ˈhɪpəlaɪt/ (HIP-uh-lyt).

Hippolyte is Greek in Origin.

Hippolyte is the French form of Greek Hippolytos, from hippos “horse” and lyein “to loosen, release,” commonly interpreted as “freer of horses” or “horse-unleasher.” In myth, Hippolytus is the chaste son of Theseus whose tragedy with Phaedra was retold by Euripides and Racine; the similarly named Amazon queen Hippolyta is a feminine counterpart, sharing the root but distinct in story.

Its use spread in the early Christian world via Saint Hippolytus of Rome (3rd century), anchoring the name in liturgical calendars and medieval Latin records. Hippolyte enjoyed periodic favor in France, especially in the 18th–19th centuries, and appears in literature from Racine’s Phèdre to Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. International variants include Hippolytus (Latin), Hippolytos (Greek), Hipólito (Spanish/Portuguese), Ippolito (Italian), Hipolit (Polish, Czech, Slovak), Ippolit/Ipolit (Russian), and Hyppolite (French Creole/Haitian); related feminine Hippolyta is English and Italian.