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Crispin

“curly”

masculineLatin script

/ˈkɹɪspɪn/ · English

Origin: Latin
8 language contexts: English French Spanish +5 more
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Crispin

Crispin is a masculine given name documented in English, French, Spanish and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Crispinus, with the stated meaning “curly”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Crispín (Spanish)

2 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “curly”

From Latin Crispinus, derivative of the Roman family name Crispus (“curly”). Alternatively, contraction of Crispus (“hair”) and pinus (“pine”), according to Miraculum Quo Beata Maria Subvenit Guillelmo Crispino

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedhiszp.

hiszp.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (8)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q16275251
Masculine usage in Cebuano · Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in Tagalog · Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in German · Polish Wiktionary: Crispin

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Crispin” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q16275251.

All pronunciation details (6)

/ˈkɹɪspɪn/ — English
/\kʁis.pɛ̃\/ — French
[ˈkɾ̪is̪.pɪn̪] — Cebuano
/ˈkɾispin/ — Cebuano
[k̠ɾɪsˈpɪn̪] — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
/kɾisˈpin/ — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)

02 / Across borders

Where Crispin is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Crispin’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 17 boys (rank 5399). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 20 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Crispin

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 17; applications; Rank #5,399
Peak year: 2007; 39 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Crispin in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	7	3,082	observed
1916	5	3,897	observed
1917	7	3,217	observed
1918	10	2,699	observed
1919	12	2,385	observed
1920	7	3,489	observed
1921	16	2,059	observed
1922	10	2,801	observed
1923	7	3,467	observed
1924	5	4,347	observed
1925	5	4,197	observed
1926	7	3,385	observed
1927	11	2,523	observed
1928	10	2,659	observed
1929	10	2,589	observed
1930	10	2,609	observed
1931	15	1,927	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	9	2,542	observed
1934	13	2,022	observed
1935	11	2,246	observed
1936	11	2,184	observed
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	9	2,479	observed
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	11	2,179	observed
1941	14	1,903	observed
1942	12	2,145	observed
1943	10	2,405	observed
1944	11	2,195	observed
1945	15	1,772	observed
1946	16	1,813	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	17	1,817	observed
1949	10	2,453	observed
1950	17	1,815	observed
1951	19	1,725	observed
1952	15	2,010	observed
1953	16	1,958	observed
1954	16	1,956	observed
1955	21	1,682	observed
1956	20	1,765	observed
1957	18	1,887	observed
1958	8	3,033	observed
1959	8	3,037	observed
1960	15	2,121	observed
1961	17	1,997	observed
1962	16	2,035	observed
1963	12	2,414	observed
1964	14	2,205	observed
1965	16	1,987	observed
1966	9	2,784	observed
1967	18	1,853	observed
1968	15	2,109	observed
1969	21	1,810	observed
1970	24	1,794	observed
1971	31	1,560	observed
1972	27	1,680	observed
1973	23	1,871	observed
1974	23	1,934	observed
1975	27	1,787	observed
1976	26	1,873	observed
1977	29	1,780	observed
1978	27	1,870	observed
1979	23	2,157	observed
1980	24	2,162	observed
1981	23	2,204	observed
1982	20	2,426	observed
1983	24	2,140	observed
1984	15	2,956	observed
1985	18	2,710	observed
1986	19	2,684	observed
1987	14	3,339	observed
1988	16	3,203	observed
1989	24	2,615	observed
1990	14	3,971	observed
1991	19	3,224	observed
1992	23	2,909	observed
1993	14	4,227	observed
1994	16	3,911	observed
1995	20	3,303	observed
1996	22	3,202	observed
1997	26	2,903	observed
1998	20	3,597	observed
1999	29	2,865	observed
2000	25	3,299	observed
2001	12	5,667	observed
2002	20	4,044	observed
2003	18	4,426	observed
2004	26	3,534	observed
2005	31	3,241	observed
2006	18	4,865	observed
2007	39	2,974	observed
2008	19	4,901	observed
2009	25	4,035	observed
2010	20	4,678	observed
2011	21	4,509	observed
2012	13	6,306	observed
2013	12	6,603	observed
2014	27	3,787	observed
2015	28	3,775	observed
2016	15	5,789	observed
2017	15	5,788	observed
2018	16	5,540	observed
2019	22	4,480	observed
2020	14	5,980	observed
2021	14	6,032	observed
2022	18	5,215	observed
2023	11	7,289	observed
2024	12	6,832	observed
2025	17	5,399	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Crispin” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Crispin— “curly”
Crispin has never been a frequent Christian name, but it has become a surname with us, and the French have Crêpin, Crêpet, and the Italians Crispino. _Crispin_ is still the French for a shoemaker’s last. Crêpin means a little stool which the Irish call a creepeen.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VI (Crispus, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Crispin Glover
born 1964
American actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Crispin Freeman
born 1972
American voice actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Crispin of Viterbo
1668–1750
Italian Capuchin (1668-1750)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Crispin with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q16275251CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VI (Crispus, &c)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Crispin

Crispin is a masculine given name documented in English, French, Spanish and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Crispinus, with the stated meaning “curly”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Crispín (Spanish)

2 source accounts

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “curly”

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedhiszp.

hiszp.

Sources for this account (1)

Polish Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (8)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q16275251
Masculine usage in Cebuano · Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in Tagalog · Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in French · French Wiktionary: Crispin
Masculine usage in German · Polish Wiktionary: Crispin

Explore all 8 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Crispin” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q16275251.

All pronunciation details (6)

/ˈkɹɪspɪn/ — English
/\kʁis.pɛ̃\/ — French
[ˈkɾ̪is̪.pɪn̪] — Cebuano
/ˈkɾispin/ — Cebuano
[k̠ɾɪsˈpɪn̪] — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)
/kɾisˈpin/ — Tagalog (Standard Tagalog)

Where Crispin is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Crispin’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 17 boys (rank 5399). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 20 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Crispin

Region and dataset

Latest · 2025: 17; applications; Rank #5,399
Peak year: 2007; 39 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Crispin in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	7	3,082	observed
1916	5	3,897	observed
1917	7	3,217	observed
1918	10	2,699	observed
1919	12	2,385	observed
1920	7	3,489	observed
1921	16	2,059	observed
1922	10	2,801	observed
1923	7	3,467	observed
1924	5	4,347	observed
1925	5	4,197	observed
1926	7	3,385	observed
1927	11	2,523	observed
1928	10	2,659	observed
1929	10	2,589	observed
1930	10	2,609	observed
1931	15	1,927	observed
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	9	2,542	observed
1934	13	2,022	observed
1935	11	2,246	observed
1936	11	2,184	observed
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	9	2,479	observed
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	11	2,179	observed
1941	14	1,903	observed
1942	12	2,145	observed
1943	10	2,405	observed
1944	11	2,195	observed
1945	15	1,772	observed
1946	16	1,813	observed
1947	11	2,356	observed
1948	17	1,817	observed
1949	10	2,453	observed
1950	17	1,815	observed
1951	19	1,725	observed
1952	15	2,010	observed
1953	16	1,958	observed
1954	16	1,956	observed
1955	21	1,682	observed
1956	20	1,765	observed
1957	18	1,887	observed
1958	8	3,033	observed
1959	8	3,037	observed
1960	15	2,121	observed
1961	17	1,997	observed
1962	16	2,035	observed
1963	12	2,414	observed
1964	14	2,205	observed
1965	16	1,987	observed
1966	9	2,784	observed
1967	18	1,853	observed
1968	15	2,109	observed
1969	21	1,810	observed
1970	24	1,794	observed
1971	31	1,560	observed
1972	27	1,680	observed
1973	23	1,871	observed
1974	23	1,934	observed
1975	27	1,787	observed
1976	26	1,873	observed
1977	29	1,780	observed
1978	27	1,870	observed
1979	23	2,157	observed
1980	24	2,162	observed
1981	23	2,204	observed
1982	20	2,426	observed
1983	24	2,140	observed
1984	15	2,956	observed
1985	18	2,710	observed
1986	19	2,684	observed
1987	14	3,339	observed
1988	16	3,203	observed
1989	24	2,615	observed
1990	14	3,971	observed
1991	19	3,224	observed
1992	23	2,909	observed
1993	14	4,227	observed
1994	16	3,911	observed
1995	20	3,303	observed
1996	22	3,202	observed
1997	26	2,903	observed
1998	20	3,597	observed
1999	29	2,865	observed
2000	25	3,299	observed
2001	12	5,667	observed
2002	20	4,044	observed
2003	18	4,426	observed
2004	26	3,534	observed
2005	31	3,241	observed
2006	18	4,865	observed
2007	39	2,974	observed
2008	19	4,901	observed
2009	25	4,035	observed
2010	20	4,678	observed
2011	21	4,509	observed
2012	13	6,306	observed
2013	12	6,603	observed
2014	27	3,787	observed
2015	28	3,775	observed
2016	15	5,789	observed
2017	15	5,788	observed
2018	16	5,540	observed
2019	22	4,480	observed
2020	14	5,980	observed
2021	14	6,032	observed
2022	18	5,215	observed
2023	11	7,289	observed
2024	12	6,832	observed
2025	17	5,399	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Crispin— “curly”
Crispin has never been a frequent Christian name, but it has become a surname with us, and the French have Crêpin, Crêpet, and the Italians Crispino. _Crispin_ is still the French for a shoemaker’s last. Crêpin means a little stool which the Irish call a creepeen.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VI (Crispus, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Crispin Glover
born 1964
American actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Crispin Freeman
born 1972
American voice actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Crispin of Viterbo
1668–1750
Italian Capuchin (1668-1750)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q16275251CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: CrispinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VI (Crispus, &c)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Crispin

Latin origin

Where Crispin is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Crispin Glover

Crispin Freeman

Crispin of Viterbo

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Crispin

Latin origin

Where Crispin is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Crispin Glover

Crispin Freeman

Crispin of Viterbo

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page