Cyprian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SIP-ree-un
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Cyprian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Cyprus”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Cyprian mean?
Latin: from Latin Cyprianus
“from Cyprus”
Saint Cyprian was a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage and martyr.
Is Cyprian a girl's or a boy's name?
Cyprian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cyprian in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cyprian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cyprian in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Cyprian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Cyprian, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Cyprian of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Cyprian in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cyprian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Cyprian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Cillian, Kian, Finn, Caspian, Oliver, Aiden, Kayden, Rowan, Luca, Maximus, Jayden
More Latin names
Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cyprian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cyprian, updated 20 October 2026.