Boy · Latin
Crispus
Say it: KRIS-pus
Meaning
From the Latin family name Crispus, 'curly-haired'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A classical name of the kind often given to enslaved people in colonial America.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 7 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 223,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Crispus Attucks, first man killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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