Crispin

Crispin is a male given name and a family name.

Origin and meaning

The name is of Latin origin and is derived from the old Roman family name Crispinus. This is a Roman cognomen , derived from the Latin adjective 'crispus' = curly, curled, wavy. The name means 'the frizzy one'. The meanings also include 'curly' as well as 'cheerful' and 'carefree'. Today he is mostly related to the Christian martyrs and saints Crispinus and Crispinianus .

distribution

Crispin is known as a family name and not very common as a male given name.

variants

• German  Krispin, Crispus, Crispinus, Krispinus, Crispin
• spanish Crispín
• French Crépin
• Italian Crispino
• Latin Crispinus
• polish cryspin
• Portuguese Crispim
• Russian Криспин (Krispin)

name day

October 25th is celebrated as the name day . October 25 is the anniversary of the death of Christian saints and martyrs Crispinus and Crispinianus .

Name bearer

First name

• Crispin Bertiz Beltran (1933–2008), Filipino politician
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (born 1969), British actor
• Crispin van den Broeck (1523–1591), Flemish painter, engraver and architect
• Crispin Freeman (born 1972), American voice actor
• Crispin Glover (born 1964), American actor
• Crispin Gray-Johnson (* 1946), Gambian politician
• Crispin Klugmichel (1584–1638), German philosopher
• Crispin Lipscomb (* 1979), Canadian snowboarder
• Crispin de Passe the Elder (also Crispijn van de Passe ; 1564–1637), Flemish-Dutch draftsman, engraver, printer and publisher
• Crispin de Passe the Younger (also Crispyn II ; 1593–1670), Dutch draftsman and engraver
• Crispin Wright (* 1942), British philosopher

family name

• Ann C. Crispin (1950-2013), American author
• Edmund Crispin (1921–1978), English writer, editor and composer
• Johann Crispin († 1442), German politician, councilor in Lübeck
• Mark Crispin (1956–2012), American software developer
• Robert Crispin († 1073), Norman horseman
• Segebodo Crispin († 1323) (around 1250–1323), mayor of Lübeck
• Segebodo Crispin († 1388) , councilor in Lübeck

See also

• Crispian , male first name
• Crispinus (disambiguation)
• St. Crispins Day Speech , address from the drama Henry V by William Shakespeare

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lesley Bolton: The complete book of baby names . Sourcebooks, Inc., Naperville, Illinois, USA 2009, ISBN 978-1-4022-5395-9 .
2. ↑ Franz Canzler: The German first names and surnames are etymologically derived and explained . JF Hammerich, Altona 1886, p. 144 .
3. ↑ Cornelia Nitsch: First names for boys . Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8338-1027-5 , pp. 42 .