Given name & surname · also Belarusian
Sip
“vulture”
Sip is a surname from Belarusian (ultimately Proto-Slavic). It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sip goes back to Belarusian сіп, meaning “vulture.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sip comes from Belarusian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Belarusian сіп (“vulture”), from Proto-Slavic *sǫpъ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Sip through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1885
- 5 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 1885. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 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.
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