Given name
Crispinus
“curly-haired”
Crispinus is a given name from English. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Crispinus goes back to a word meaning “curly-haired.”
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Where it comes from
Crispinus comes from English, and ultimately from Italian.
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How it developed
From English Crispin, from Czech Kryšpín, from French Crispin, from Spanish Crispín, from German Crispinus, from Polish Kryspin.
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Crispinus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Crispinus has a later derivative in Crispin. In Latin usage, Crispinus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Crépin. In Swedish usage, Crispinus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Kryspin.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
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