Hypatia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “highest, best.” In 2024 it was given to 6 girls in the United States.
Hypatia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“highest, best”
Pronunciation
/haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə/
About the name Hypatia
Hypatia belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “highest, best” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hypatia first appears in Social Security records in 2013. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #9285 in 2022, and in 2024 6 babies received the name — 91 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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