Given name & surname · also Latin
Cipriano
“a man from Cyprus”
Cipriano is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a man from Cyprus.”
Original LatinCyprianus
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a man from Cyprus.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cipriano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,226
- 2,226 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,526 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,526 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1930. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,381 as a first name in 2020; 4,299 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cipriano’s family of names
Cipriano shares a linguistic root with Cebrià. Cipriano has a related form in Ciprian. In Spanish usage, Cipriano has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Cyprian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cipriano has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Cipriano comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cipriano
- Cipriano CastroVenezuelan politician (1858–1924)
- Ricardo Flores MagónMexican anarchist and social reform activist (1874–1922)1873–1922
- Cipriano ChemelloItalian cyclist (1945–2017)
- Cipriano MeraSpanish anarchist and army officer (1897–1975)
- Cipriano de ValeraSpanish translator
- Cipriano de Palafox, 8th Count of MontijoSpanish noble (1784-1839)
- Cipriano Rivas CherifSpanish writer1891–1967
- Cipriano Calderón PoloSpanish bishop and theologian (1927-2009)
- Cipriano FacchinettiItalian journalist and politician (1889–1952)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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