Meaning of the nameAgripina

Female
Latin origin
A-gri-pi-na

Agripina is a feminine name of Latin origin, derived from Agrippa, a Roman cognomen whose meaning is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,311 people named Agripina, the 6,895th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 73, and the largest group was born in the 1940s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Agripina is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,311
Rank in Brazil: #6,895
Median age: 73 years
2010 Census: 2,070; people

Agripina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Agripina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (362 people).

1,298 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Agripina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Agripina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	253	0.002%
Minas Gerais	239	0.001%
São Paulo	184	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	70	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	65	0.000%
Goiás	56	0.001%
Pernambuco	46	0.001%
Pará	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso	43	0.001%
Maranhão	40	0.001%
Paraná	29	0.000%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Piauí	26	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	25	0.000%
Ceará	23	0.000%
Espírito Santo	23	0.001%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	17	0.001%
Amazonas	15	0.000%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Agripina

Behind the Name records Agrippina, an ancient Roman name, as a feminine derivative of Agrippa and lists Agripina among the variants (in Spanish). Agrippa is a Roman cognomen of unknown meaning; the same site cites as hypotheses a combination of the Greek words for 'wild' and 'horse', or an Etruscan origin. Wiktionary traces the Romanian name Agripina to Latin Agrippina, also derived from Agrippa. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,311 people named Agripina, with a median age of 73. The name is almost always female, most records come from people born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Agripina (seção romena) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Agrippina · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Agrippa · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Agripina

What does the name Agripina mean?

The meaning of Agripina is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Agripina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,311 people with the first name Agripina, which ranks it number 6,895 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Agripina a boy's or a girl's name?

Agripina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,298 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Agripina?

Agripina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Agripina most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Agripina (253 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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