Agrippa
Agrippa is a Roman cognomen , male first name and modern family name.
Origin and meaning
Agrippa (from Latin: "aegre partus": "born with difficulty", or "aegripes": "foot sick") is an originally Roman name that was occasionally used as a first name, but mainly as a cognomen , in numerous Roman families.
Well-known namesake
- Agrippa Silvius , mythical king of Alba Longa
- Agrippa (philosopher) , Greek philosopher in the 1st century
- Agrippa (astronomer) , 1st century astronomer
- Agrippa Menenius Lanatus , Roman consul 503 BC. BC, known for his parable
- Agrippa Postumus (12 BC – 14 AD), youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
- Marcus Iulius Agrippa , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Marcus Maenius Agrippa Lucius Tusidius Campester , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63–12 BC), Roman politician and general
- Gaius Fonteius Agrippa (suffect consul 58) († 70), Roman suffect consul 58
- Herod Agrippa I (10 BC – 44 AD), King of Judea from 37 to 44
- Herod Agrippa II. (27– after 93), King of Judea from 50 to 70
- Camillo Agrippa (* before 1535, † around 1598), fencing master, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance
- Giovanni Guido Agrippa , Venetian medalist
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486–1535), German polymath, theologian, lawyer, doctor and philosopher
- Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552-1630), French writer