Agrippina
Agrippina is a Roman female cognomen , which is also used as a female given name in modern times .
Origin and meaning
Agrippina is a derivative of the Roman name Agrippa . The male form is Agrippinus .
Well-known namesake
- Agrippina the Elder (14 BC – 33 AD), daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Augustus ' daughter Iulia , mother of the Roman emperor Caligula
- Agrippina the Younger (15 AD – 59 AD), daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder , mother of the Roman emperor Nero
- Vipsania Agrippina (33 BC – 20 AD), daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Caecilia Attica
- Agrippina Jakowlewna Waganowa (1879–1951), Russian ballet dancer
Other meanings
- Title of a chronicle of the city of Cologne written by Heinrich van Beeck around 1470
- Title of an opera by Georg Friedrich Handel, see Agrippina (Handel)
- Title of an opera by Nicola Antonio Porpora
- Name of an asteroid, see (645) Agrippina
- Company of an insurance company, see Agrippina Insurance
- Name of a student union from Cologne, see Academic Ladies Association Agrippinia
- Heroine of a comic series by the French illustrator Claire Bretécher