Crispin Forename
5,241st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 199,461 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Equatorial Guinea
Crispin Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Crispinus, a Roman cognomen, probably derived from crispus ‘curled’. Crispinus and Crispinianus, shoemakers of Soissons, martyred c. 285, were considered the patron saints of shoemakers, and both Crispin and Crispian, Crispinian were used as christian names in the Middle Ages.
Read More About This ForenameCrispin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 102,016 | 1:724 | 143 |
| Philippines | 99% | 34,260 | 1:3,094 | 579 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21,178 | 1:5,862 | 644 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 6,361 | 1:1,138 | 287 |
| Zambia | - | 4,808 | 1:3,298 | 531 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,343 | 1:2,441 | 501 |
| United States | 93% | 3,830 | 1:94,657 | 4,283 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,544 | 1:8,971 | 1,080 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 2,362 | 1:482 | 131 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,082 | 1:25,355 | 2,374 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,549 | 1:27,613 | 1,082 |
| England | 100% | 1,435 | 1:38,748 | 1,997 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,100 | 1:15,557 | 1,510 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,021 | 1:45,355 | 3,192 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 913 | 1:33,080 | 2,288 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 758 | 1:40,650 | 4,986 |
| Colombia | 100% | 724 | 1:65,993 | 2,607 |
| Brazil | 100% | 671 | 1:319,279 | 12,162 |
| Ghana | - | 506 | 1:53,332 | 2,793 |
| Spain | 100% | 371 | 1:125,418 | 3,263 |
| South Africa | 99% | 205 | 1:266,013 | 15,630 |
| Canada | 100% | 202 | 1:164,027 | 6,768 |
| India | 86% | 199 | 1:6,104,914 | 217,910 |
| Panama | 100% | 192 | 1:20,347 | 2,001 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 185 | 1:56,385 | 3,594 |
| Honduras | 100% | 150 | 1:58,783 | 2,484 |
| Congo | 100% | 147 | 1:34,076 | 2,923 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 140 | 1:115,060 | 2,355 |
| Cuba | - | 109 | 1:105,565 | 2,085 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 92 | 1:167,650 | 10,584 |
| New Zealand | - | 91 | 1:49,847 | 2,713 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 81 | 1:266,796 | 10,396 |
| Indonesia | - | 80 | 1:3,224,546 | 144,920 |
| Australia | - | 71 | 1:192,361 | 4,944 |
| Malaysia | 70% | 62 | 1:491,128 | 21,602 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 57 | 1:60,134 | 1,987 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 53 | 1:89,961 | 3,026 |
| Guam | - | 52 | 1:3,089 | 622 |
| Nicaragua | 96% | 47 | 1:128,050 | 4,006 |
| Uganda | 82% | 47 | 1:871,424 | 16,067 |
| Grenada | 100% | 45 | 1:2,403 | 485 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| France | 100% | 40 | 1:1,661,758 | 10,530 |
| Scotland | 98% | 40 | 1:133,759 | 2,800 |
| Germany | 100% | 38 | 1:2,544,155 | 13,368 |
| Belize | 100% | 37 | 1:9,576 | 1,476 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 32 | 1:5,548,886 | 78,655 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 32 | 1:256,672 | 5,387 |
| Taiwan | - | 29 | 1:819,644 | 35,170 |
| Qatar | 100% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 26 | 1:2,110 | 475 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Liberia | 100% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| Chile | 100% | 22 | 1:800,328 | 7,987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 22 | 1:370,560 | 29,207 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Wales | 100% | 21 | 1:147,348 | 3,021 |
| Barbados | - | 20 | 1:14,489 | 1,291 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Sweden | 100% | 18 | 1:547,662 | 13,582 |
| Guyana | 100% | 17 | 1:44,898 | 4,357 |
| Thailand | 97% | 17 | 1:4,121,518 | 84,061 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Singapore | 100% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Ecuador | - | 13 | 1:1,363,609 | 9,250 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8 | 1:1,436,255 | 15,198 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 8 | 1:2,112,760 | 26,769 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Italy | 100% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Jamaica | - | 7 | 1:411,890 | 11,384 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Benin | 100% | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Crispín (27) are calculated separately.
Crispin (36,311) may also be a surname.
Crispin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Crispinus, a Roman cognomen, probably derived from crispus ‘curled’. Crispinus and Crispinianus, shoemakers of Soissons, martyred c. 285, were considered the patron saints of shoemakers, and both Crispin and Crispian, Crispinian were used as christian names in the Middle Ages. Crispin survives in occasional use.
Crispinus Curia Regis Rolls 1201, 1207. Crispianus Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A name derived from the Roman Crispinus, and mentioned by Juvenal, i., 26; another by Horace, Sat. i. 1. Formed from the name Crispus, signifying curled (à crispis capillis).
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Latin name, meaning: Curly-haired.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Crispin Forename Popularity
Crispin Demographics
Average Male Crispin Height
174.26 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 85 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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