Hripsime
Just 32 women in Poland carry it, and no girl has been given it since at least 2000. From the Greek for "rose": most Poles will never meet one.
Hripsime Pronunciation
Hripsime is pronounced khreep-SHEE-me (/xripˈɕimɛ/).
What Hripsime means
Where Hripsime comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hripsime comes from a Greek root, and the name has long been read as "rose". The flower sense settled onto it over time rather than sitting plainly in its oldest form. The meaning is rose. Róża, to a Polish reader.
The name belongs above all to Saint Hripsime, a virgin martyr of Roman origin who died around the year 290. She fled to Armenia with a band of companions under Gayane, their mother superior, and she was killed there. Her tomb lies in Vagharshapat, where the church of Saint Hripsime is still one of Armenia's most visited shrines. The Armenian Apostolic Church remembers her and her companions on June 4.
The name travels under several spellings: Ripsime, Ripsima, Arsema. On a Polish class register it stands apart at once, sitting far from the Zofia and Katarzyna near it. The Greek thread holds, and with it the old sense, róża, a rose.
How many people are named Hripsime
1 in 704495 women in Poland is named Hripsime. 32 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7141 among female names.