French Wiktionary account
Source-reportedDu latin Sulpicius.
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- French Wiktionary: SulpiceCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikidata Q19914916CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A given name in French
/\syl.pis\/ · French
01 / Meaning & origin
Sulpice is a masculine given name.
Du latin Sulpicius.
02 / Across borders
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France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 1961: 5 boys (rank 1665). Documented as a given name in French.
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03 / By the numbers
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1900–2025 Spelling: SULPICE
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 5 | 664 | rounded |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | 5 | 672 | rounded |
| 1904 | 5 | 466 | rounded |
| 1905 | 5 | 775 | rounded |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | 5 | 714 | rounded |
| 1908 | 10 | 477 | rounded |
| 1909 | 10 | 415 | rounded |
| 1910 | 15 | 345 | rounded |
| 1911 | 10 | 416 | rounded |
| 1912 | 10 | 437 | rounded |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | 10 | 412 | rounded |
| 1915 | 5 | 427 | rounded |
| 1916 | 5 | 490 | rounded |
| 1917 | 10 | 385 | rounded |
| 1918 | 10 | 346 | rounded |
| 1919 | 5 | 459 | rounded |
| 1920 | 10 | 372 | rounded |
| 1921 | 10 | 374 | rounded |
| 1922 | 5 | 489 | rounded |
| 1923 | 5 | 647 | rounded |
| 1924 | 10 | 509 | rounded |
| 1925 | 10 | 454 | rounded |
| 1926 | 10 | 546 | rounded |
| 1927 | 15 | 389 | rounded |
| 1928 | 10 | 450 | rounded |
| 1929 | 10 | 545 | rounded |
| 1930 | 5 | 578 | rounded |
| 1931 | 5 | 702 | rounded |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | 5 | 842 | rounded |
| 1936 | 5 | 759 | rounded |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | 5 | 803 | rounded |
| 1944 | 5 | 731 | rounded |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 10 | 564 | rounded |
| 1950 | 5 | 788 | rounded |
| 1951 | 5 | 803 | rounded |
| 1952 | 10 | 515 | rounded |
| 1953 | 5 | 868 | rounded |
| 1954 | 5 | 811 | rounded |
| 1955 | 5 | 750 | rounded |
| 1956 | 5 | 966 | rounded |
| 1957 | 5 | 1,064 | rounded |
| 1958 | 5 | 1,185 | rounded |
| 1959 | 5 | 1,075 | rounded |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | 5 | 1,665 | rounded |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “SULPICE” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Sulpice— “red spotted face”
The origin of Sulpicius is not known. It may possibly be connected with the obsolete word that named Sulla, from a red spotted visage; but this is uncertain. There were three saints of the name: Severus Sulpicius, a friend of St. Martin; Sulpicius (called the severe), Bishop of Bourges, in the sixth century; and Sulpicius (called the gentle), also Bishop of Bourges, in the seventh. It is an arm of this last of the three that has led to the consecration of the celebrated…
The origin of Sulpicius is not known. It may possibly be connected with the obsolete word that named Sulla, from a red spotted visage; but this is uncertain. There were three saints of the name: Severus Sulpicius, a friend of St. Martin; Sulpicius (called the severe), Bishop of Bourges, in the sixth century; and Sulpicius (called the gentle), also Bishop of Bourges, in the seventh. It is an arm of this last of the three that has led to the consecration of the celebrated church at Paris, in the name of St. Sulpice. In Germany, it is Sulpiz.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter III (Nomina), Section IX (Lælius, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 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
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.
