Entry № 11458 · Old Germanic origin

Walpurgis Walpurgis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VAHL-poor-gees /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Germanic
Meaning
"Strong protector (Walpurgisnacht)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Germanic)

A name that means "strong protector (walpurgisnacht)".

710-779) was the English-born abbess of Heidenheim in Germany — her feast night, Walpurgisnacht (April 30), is the famous German witches' night.

Walpurgisnacht features in Goethe's Faust.

The night of witches. Walpurgisnacht.

The name in its native script.

Walpurgis
Transliteration
Walpurgis
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɑːl.pʊr.ɡiːs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Walpurgis stands.

Walpurgis does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Walpurgiss before her.

Real people
Saint Walpurga
English-born abbess of Heidenheim.
c. 710 – 779
In fiction
Walpurgisnacht
Featured in Goethe's Faust.
1808

Names connected to Walpurgis.

The number behind Walpurgis.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Walpurgis reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.