Crispian Forename

434,832nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Nauru

Crispian Forename Definition:

CRISPIN. The former represents Latin Crispianus, the latter Crispinus: ‘two brothers who accompanied St. Quentin when he preached the Gospel in France. They settled at Soissons, and there, while pursuing their mission, supported themselves by making shoes until their martyrdom, A.

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Crispian Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England
100%
1721:323,2737,986
South Africa
88%
 
641:852,07334,333
United States
100%
381:9,540,44797,626
Indonesia-191:13,577,035391,716
Tanzania
100%
171:3,105,19523,654
Philippines
100%
151:7,067,298110,797
Singapore
100%
91:698,56212,752
Malaysia
93%
 
71:4,349,991105,289
Australia-51:2,731,52422,009
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Saint Lucia
100%
41:44,4543,465
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Zimbabwe
100%
31:5,141,27276,754
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands
50%
 
11:16,902,08343,152
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727

Crispian (13) may also be a surname.

Crispian Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

CRISPIN. The former represents Latin Crispianus, the latter Crispinus: ‘two brothers who accompanied St. Quentin when he preached the Gospel in France. They settled at Soissons, and there, while pursuing their mission, supported themselves by making shoes until their martyrdom, A. D. 287. Shoemakers... adopted them as their patrons, and theirs was a universal holiday (October 25th)’, Yonge. From Latin crisp us, ‘curled,’ hence ‘curly’.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

From the Latin name Crispianus, formed from root of Crispin.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Crispian Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chrispian94136/
Crispiane948/
Cripian932/
Chrispiane891/
Krispian88272/
Cryspian884/
Crispean884/
Crispion882/
Cresphian82216/
Chrispion821/
Crispione821/
Kriszpian821/
Crepian801/
Cripean801/
Krispanu751/
Kryspian751/
Krespian751/
Crisopono711/
Charisopon672/
Karspan671/
Krichpiong561/

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