Cyprian Forename
17,060th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 54,939 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia
Cyprian Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Cyprianus, ‘of Cyprus’, the name of a Bishop of Carthage, one of the first great Christian Latin writers, beheaded in 258 and mentioned in the Canon of the Mass. Ciprianus is found as a christian name in England at the beginning of the 13th C and at Cambridge University in the 16th and 17th C; it was revived by the Tractarians in the 19th C.
Read More About This ForenameCyprian Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 16,478 | 1:10,776 | 1,358 |
| South Africa | 99% | 9,027 | 1:6,041 | 1,136 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,420 | 1:7,213 | 1,019 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6,378 | 1:8,277 | 1,161 |
| Poland | 100% | 4,382 | 1:8,678 | 417 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,465 | 1:6,237 | 885 |
| Uganda | 99% | 2,008 | 1:20,397 | 1,645 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,269 | 1:12,154 | 1,554 |
| Ghana | 100% | 899 | 1:30,018 | 1,918 |
| Zambia | - | 701 | 1:22,617 | 1,873 |
| Malawi | 100% | 529 | 1:32,348 | 2,463 |
| United States | 100% | 525 | 1:690,547 | 16,403 |
| India | 100% | 398 | 1:3,052,457 | 138,121 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 366 | 1:22,274 | 2,215 |
| Swaziland | - | 359 | 1:3,622 | 724 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 275 | 1:110,727 | 7,567 |
| England | 100% | 214 | 1:259,827 | 6,948 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 150 | 1:35,400 | 657 |
| Jamaica | - | 140 | 1:20,594 | 1,691 |
| Philippines | 93% | 99 | 1:1,070,803 | 28,597 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 98 | 1:1,814 | 333 |
| Botswana | 100% | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 56 | 1:24,311 | 2,719 |
| Bahamas | - | 46 | 1:8,682 | 1,112 |
| Germany | 100% | 43 | 1:2,248,323 | 12,451 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| Canada | 100% | 38 | 1:871,931 | 18,448 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Ireland | 88% | 37 | 1:125,501 | 2,828 |
| Grenada | 100% | 37 | 1:2,922 | 563 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:20,748 | 1,664 |
| Liberia | 100% | 24 | 1:183,836 | 6,655 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 19 | 1:5,873 | 978 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 14 | 1:1,207,292 | 18,951 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| France | 100% | 11 | 1:6,042,758 | 22,831 |
| Brazil | - | 11 | 1:19,476,014 | 191,600 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Australia | - | 8 | 1:1,707,203 | 16,445 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Czechia | 67% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Sweden | 100% | 6 | 1:1,642,984 | 27,315 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4 | 1:17,516,453 | 200,944 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | 67% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
Cyprian (20,782) may also be a surname.
Cyprian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Cyprianus, ‘of Cyprus’, the name of a Bishop of Carthage, one of the first great Christian Latin writers, beheaded in 258 and mentioned in the Canon of the Mass. Ciprianus is found as a christian name in England at the beginning of the 13th C and at Cambridge University in the 16th and 17th C; it was revived by the Tractarians in the 19th C.
Ciprianus Curia Regis Rolls 1199, 1200, 1219.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
See Ciprian, of which it is the original and more correct form.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the Latin name Cyprianus, so called from having been born in Cyprus.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Cyprian Forename Popularity
Cyprian Demographics
Cyprian Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 79 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyphrian | 93 | 19 | / |
| Cypprian | 93 | 6 | / |
| Cypriaan | 93 | 5 | / |
| Cypriann | 93 | 2 | / |
| Chyprian | 93 | 2 | / |
| Scyprian | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cypriang | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cypriant | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cyprrian | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cysprian | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ceyprian | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ccyprian | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cyprianne | 88 | 10 | / |
| Ceeyprian | 88 | 3 | / |
| Ciypriano | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ciprian | 86 | 69,625 | / |
| Syprian | 86 | 939 | / |
| Ceprian | 86 | 227 | / |
| Cypryan | 86 | 15 | / |
| Cyprion | 86 | 14 | / |
| Zyprian | 86 | 11 | / |
| Schypriann | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ciprijan | 80 | 33 | / |
| Chiprian | 80 | 17 | / |
| Cipriann | 80 | 15 | / |
| Cipriane | 80 | 13 | / |
| Cipriand | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sypriane | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sypriant | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chypryan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cephrian | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cipriang | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cipprian | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ceeprian | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cisprian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ciprrian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cepriane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sciprian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zyphrian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Syphrian | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ciprianne | 75 | 5 | / |
| Syprianne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siprian | 71 | 1,216 | / |
| Seprian | 71 | 496 | / |
| Ciprián | 71 | 34 | / |
| Cipriam | 71 | 12 | / |
| Sypriam | 71 | 5 | / |
| Cipryan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ciprean | 71 | 4 | / |
| Cepryan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Syprean | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ciprion | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ceprean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Syprion | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sypryan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siphrian | 67 | 39 | / |
| Sephrian | 67 | 24 | / |
| Seprijan | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sipriane | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shiprian | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zephrian | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ćiprijan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saiprian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siperian | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepriann | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepriang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepriane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepriand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Syproana | 67 | 1 | / |
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