Given name
Gypsy
“a wanderer; a nomad”
Gypsy is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a wanderer; a nomad.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a wanderer; a nomad.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English Egipcian, from Old French egyptien, from Latin aegyptianus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gypsy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,501
- 0 boys · 1,501 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,073 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,073 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 26.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,144 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.
Gypsy’s family of names
Gypsy has a related form in Gipsy. Gypsy has a related form in Gypsie. Gypsy has a related form in Gipsea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gypsievariant
- Gipsyvariant
- Gypseavariant
- Gipseavariant
- Gipsievariant
- Gipsivariant
- Gypseevariant
- Gypseyvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gypsy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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