Prokopios

Gender Masculine
Usage Greek, Late Greek [1]
Scripts Προκόπιος(Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek προκοπή (prokope) meaning "progress, advance". Saint Prokopios was an early Christian martyr who was beheaded in Palestine during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian.

Related Names

VariantProkopis(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesProkop(Czech) Prokopiy, Prokopy(Russian)

Name Days

Greece: July 8

Categories

actions, growth, martyrs, saints

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Προκόπιος.
Entry updated May 30, 2025