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Crispus - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Crispus

[ syll. cris-pus, cr-isp-us ] The boy name Crispus is pronounced KRIHSPahS KEY. Crispus' language of origin is Latin and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Crispus is 'curly-haired one'. Variant forms of Crispus include the French Crepin, the English and Spanish Cris, the English Crispin, the Italian Crispino, the Spanish Crispo, and the Czech, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Krispin.

Crispus is an uncommon baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

A famous person named Crispus is Crispus Attucks, Revolutionary War Figure, born 5 March 1770.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Crispus: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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