Crispin

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Crispin

Say it: KRIS-pin

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Meaning

Latin Crispinus, from crispus 'curly-haired'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Best known from the Saint Crispin's Day speech in Shakespeare's Henry V.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 2000s

In the United States

1,750 babies given this name since 1915
At its height in 2007, about 1 in 53,200 boys
14 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Early Christian Latin English French

The family of the name

French	Crépin
Spanish	Crispín
Italian	Crispino
Portuguese	Crispim
German	Crispin
Polish	Kryspin

Famous bearers

Crispin and Crispinian, martyr shoemakers of Soissons

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Calendars of saints and name days
Well-known works of literature
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.