For the 11th day of the Baby Name Advent, nothing is cooler than the name Crispin! Although Crispin’s Latin meaning is ‘curly haired,’ it just has such a lovely wintery feeling to it, befitting of any rosy-cheeked winter-born baby.
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meaning
Curly-haired
pronunciation
KRIS-pin
origin
Latin
popularity
Crispin does not rank in the top 1000 chart in the US, Canada or the UK. In the UK in the early 2000s it gained popularity and ranked #1519 for boys names in 2002. A unique name but easy to spell and to pronounce, if you’re looking for something rare but not too unusual.
nicknames
Cris, Crisp, Crispy
NOTABLE PEOPLE & CHARACTERS
Crispin Glover (born 1964), American film actor
Crispin Bonham-Carter (born 1969), English actor
Saints Crispin and Crispinian – Christian patron saints of cobblers, curriers, tanners, and leather workers
Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet (born 1944) – Advocate, officer of arms former explorer and Chief of the Name and Arms of Agnew
Crispin Cronk – character in the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling
