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Scipio

Say it: SIP-ee-oh

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Meaning

From the Roman family name Scipio, from Latin scipio 'staff, rod'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A classical name given to enslaved men in colonial America, echoing the Roman general Scipio Africanus.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0246818801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1921per million babies of that sex
  • 57 babies given this name since 1916
  • At its height in 1921, about 1 in 137,700 boys
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
  2. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837

Used by

African American

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Where this comes from

  • Colonial records of the Americas
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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