Polycarp
Polycarp or Polycarp is a male given name , which is derived from the ancient Greek πολύκαρπος polýkarpos 'fertile' (from πολύς polýs 'much' and καρπός karpós 'fruit'; literally "the one who brings much fruit").
Well-known namesake
- Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69 - c. 155), Bishop of Smyrna, saint and martyr
- Polycarp I († 89), Bishop of Byzantium
- Polycarp II († around 144), Bishop of Byzantium
- Polykarp Leyser the Elder (1552–1610), German Protestant theologian
- Polykarp Leyser II (1586–1633), German Protestant theologian
- Polycarp Leyser III. (1656–1725), German Protestant theologian, orientalist
- Polykarp Leyser IV. (1690–1728), German Protestant theologian, philosopher and historian
- Polycarp Pengo (* 1944), Tanzanian cardinal
- Polycarp Nyamuchoncho , Ugandan judge
- Polycarp von Kienburg († 1675), Bishop of Gurk
- Polykarp Kusch (1911–1993), American physicist
- Polycarp Gottlieb Schacher (1674–1737), German medic
- Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777), German scholar
- Martin Polycarp († after 1606) consensus of the Brethren and ev. Song poet
- Polikárp Zakar (1930–2012), Archabbot of Zirc
Trivia
- Polycarp Trautmann , namesake of the television series of the same name
Use in botany
The adjective "polycarp" (often fruity) is also used in botany to denote so-called. "Persistent" , ie plants that bloom and fruit several times in their life, e.g. B. fruit trees used.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Gemoll : Greek-German school and hand dictionary . G. Freytag Verlag / Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Munich / Vienna 1965.