Given name & surname
Lupe
“from the valley of wolves”·“from the river of the wolf”
In Spanish use, Lupe is a diminutive of Guadalupe. Interpretations include “from the valley of wolves” (Spanish) and “from the river of the wolf” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions. Lupe is a variant of Lupita. In Spanish use, Lupita carries the interpretation “from the valley of wolves.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Lupe is a diminutive of Guadalupe. Interpretations include “from the valley of wolves” (Spanish) and “from the river of the wolf” (Spanish). These may reflect different naming traditions. Lupe is a variant of Lupita. In Spanish use, Lupita carries the interpretation “from the valley of wolves.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Lupe is a diminutive of Guadalupe. An origin associated with Guadalupe is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Lupe is a diminutive of Guadalupe.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lupe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24,646
- 6,025 boys · 18,621 girls
- Most popular year
- 1944
- 572 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #10,285 for boys · #14,243 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 37% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,285 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 153 in 1946. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,369 as a first name in 2020; 692 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.
Lupe’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Lupe is a diminutive of Guadalupe. Lupe has a related form in Lupita. In Spanish usage, Lupe has a diminutive in Lupita.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lupe
- Lupe OntiverosAmerican actress (1942–2012)
- Lupe SinoSpanish actress1917–1959
- Lupe CarrilesMexican actress (1913–1964)
- Lupe SerranoAmerican ballet dancer (1930–2023)
- Lupe PintorMexican boxerborn 1955
- Lupe CajíasJournalist and Bolivian writerborn 1955
- Lupe ValdezAmerican sheriffborn 1947
- Lupe AquinoMexican boxerborn 1963
- Lupe GómezSpanish writerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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