Lupin
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/luːpɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lupin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 2.5M(measured from records)
- ITItaly≈1 in 175K
- FRFrance≈1 in 207K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 125 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)
≈360 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Lupin, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lupin 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 175K | — | Lupin | 7 |
| FR France | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 207K | 30 | — | 2 |
| BR Brazil | 159 | 1 in 1.3M | 159 | — | — |
| US United States | 133 | 1 in 2.5M | 156 | Lupin | 125 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Lupin | 42 |
| AR Argentina | 55 | 1 in 827K | 55 | — | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 656K | — | Lupin | 7 |
| SG Singapore | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 545K | — | Lupin | 3 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Lupin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Romanian, LUPÍN s. m. Gen de plante erbacee din familia leguminoaselor, cu frunze compuse din foliole înguste alungite și cu flori albastre, galbene sau albe, cultivate ca furaj, ca plante ornamentale sau ca îngrășământ verde (Lupinus).
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In Croatian, popularni lik lupeža galantnih manira iz romanȃ francuskog pisca M. Leblanca (1864—1941)
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
In Basque, lipin . Altramuz, lupino. Lupin deitzen den droga hura dela ilhar zabal bat Franziako phartetik probeditzen garena . Mong 594. Har ezazue beraz olio liga, arno xuriaren liga eta zenbait lipin xehaturik . Ib. 593.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
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)
- Kurt Lupinb. 1867DEGerman officer (1867–1938)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 159 | #44,251 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 156 | #117,879 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 152 | #108,153 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 133 | #128,249 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 55 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 39 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 21 | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- What does the name Lupin mean, and where does it come from?
- Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Lupin?
- A machine transcription gives /luːpɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Lupin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 356 people named Lupin in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lupin.
- How common is the name Lupin?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 159 people named Lupin, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Lupin?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lupinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Lupin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.