Given name & surname · also Latin
Scipio
“a legendary general”·“a great leader”
Scipio is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a legendary general” (Latin) and “a great leader” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a legendary general” (Latin) and “a great leader” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Scipio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 8 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 boys is 5 in 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 as a first name in 2020; 957 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.
Scipio’s family of names
In Latin usage, Scipio has a later derivative in ⲥⲕⲉⲓⲡⲓⲱⲛ. Scipio has a related form in Scipiyo. Scipio has a related form in Scypio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Scipio
- Scipio SigheleItalian anthropologist (1868–1913)
- Scipio SlataperItalian writer (1888-1915)
- Scipio ColomboItalian opera singer (1910-2002)
- Scipio MoorheadAmerican artist1750
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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