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Hypatia

Hypatia by Julius Kronberg, 1889.
Pronunciation	English: /iːpɑːˈtiːɑː/; English: /hɪˈpɑːtiːjɑː/ English: /haɪˈpeɪʃə/
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	Greek
Origin
Meaning	highest, supreme
Other names
Related names	Hypatius, Tia

Hypatia is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin derived from the word hypatos (Greek): (ὕπατος), meaning highest, supreme. It is often given in reference to Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 350 to 370-415), the Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. It is a feminine form of the masculine Greek name Hypatius.

Women

• Hypatia (c. 350 to 370-March 415), Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician from Alexandria, Egypt
• Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner (1858-1935), British peace activist, author, atheist and freethinker

Stage name

• Hyapatia Lee, stage name of American former adult film actress Vicki Lynch

Fictional characters

• Hypatia, the titular character of Hypatia, an 1853 historical novel about Hypatia of Alexandria by English author Charles Kingsley
• Hypatia, a character played by actress Rachel Weisz in the 2009 Enlish-language Spanish jitorical drama film Agora, a fictionalized account of the life of Hypatia of Alexandria
• Hypatia "Tia" Cade, a character in the 1992 science fiction novel The Ship Who Searched by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey

Reference

1. "Hypatia Revisted | the Engines of Our Ingenuity".
2. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Hypatia".

• Greek feminine given names