Given name
Crispina
“a curly-haired girl”·“curly(-headed)”·“a curly-haired man”
Crispina is a feminine form of Crispin. Interpretations include “curly(-headed)” (Latin) and “a curly-haired man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Crispina carries the interpretation “a curly-haired girl.” Crispina is a feminine form of Crispin. Interpretations include “curly(-headed)” (Latin) and “a curly-haired man” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Crispina is used as a feminine counterpart of Crispin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crispina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 0 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 666 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Crispina’s family of names
Crispina is a feminine form of Crispin. Crispina has a related form in Cripeana. Crispina has a related form in Crispeena.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Crispina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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