Crispus
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Crispus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Crispus is a distinctive historical name of Latin origin meaning "curly-haired".
- ARArgentina1 in 266Kas Crispo(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 153Kas Crispo
- USUnited States1 in 741Kas Crispo
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Crispus itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 71 (measured from records)
- 1 in 153K (inferred from the name graph)
449 named Crispo, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, as Crispo
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Crispo in AR Argentina, US United States, BR Brazil and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Crispus is a distinctive historical name of Latin origin meaning "curly-haired." In the New Testament, he was a respected synagogue leader who became an early and influential Christian convert, known for his strong faith.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Crispus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 449as Crispo | 1 in 741K | 453 | Crispo | 41 |
| AR Argentina | 171as Crispo | 1 in 266K | 171 | Crispo | 32 |
| BR Brazil | 68as Crispo | 1 in 3.1M | 68 | Crispo | 10 |
| CH Switzerland | 55as Crispo | 1 in 153K | 55 | — | 2 |
| ES Spain | 21as Crispo | 1 in 2.4M | 21 | Crispo | 5 |
| BE Belgium | 4as Crispo | 1 in 2.9M | 4 | — | 1 |
449 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Crispus is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Crispus is of Latin origin, derived from the word 'crispus,' meaning "curly" or "curly-haired."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Crispus's conversion is significant as it demonstrates the gospel's power to reach influential leaders within established religious structures, highlighting that faith in Jesus transcended social and religious boundaries in the early church.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, curly; crimped (of hair)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Crispus Attucksb. 1723USAfrican American/Native American, first victim of the Boston Massacre
- Kiyonga Cwcbb. 1952UGnot in their usual nameUgandan politician
- Crispus Nzano20th century Kenyan Anglican bishop
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 7 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Crispus come from?
- Crispus is a distinctive historical name of Latin origin meaning "curly-haired." In the New Testament, he was a respected synagogue leader who became an early and influential Christian convert, known… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Crispus mean?
- Recorded meaning: Crispus is a distinctive historical name of Latin origin meaning "curly-haired."
- Is Crispus a male or female name?
- Crispus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Crispus?
- In the etymology graph, Crispin is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Crispus have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 449 people named Crispo, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Crispus most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Crispus itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Switzerland's: the national register counts about 1 in 153 thousand people named Crispo.
- How common is the name Crispus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 449 people named Crispo in 2010, about 1 in 741 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/crispusThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Crispus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.