Boy · Quechua
Túpac
Say it: TOO-pahk
Meaning
A Quechua element in Inca royal names, usually glossed as 'royal' or 'honoured'; the exact sense is not agreed.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Borne by Inca rulers and taken by José Gabriel Condorcanqui in 1780, it remains a symbolic name in the Andes.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 86 babies given this name since 1993
- At its height in 1997, about 1 in 188,500 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- Indigenous AmericasFrom the earliest records to today
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tupac, Tupaq
Famous bearers
- Túpac Inca Yupanqui, Inca ruler
- Túpac Amaru, last Inca ruler of Vilcabamba
- Túpac Amaru II, leader of the 1780 Andean rebellion
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Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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