Kryspin
A Latin name meaning "curly-haired". It still sits inside Poland's top 700 for boys, but it's fading fast: barely a handful of newborns now carry it, down from the steady stream of the 2000s.
Kryspin Pronunciation
Kryspin is pronounced KRIHS-peen (/ˈkrɨspin/).
What Kryspin means
Where Kryspin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kryspin comes from the Latin Crispinus, a family name built on the adjective crispus, meaning curly-haired. So the name began as a plain description: someone with curls. The Polish gloss keeps that sense exactly, kędzierzawy.
The best known bearer is Saint Crispin, a Roman martyr who, with his brother Crispinian, became the patron of shoemakers and leatherworkers. His feast falls on the 25th of October. That date carries a second fame. In 1415 the English won the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day, and Shakespeare later gave Henry V a speech that made the name famous in English.
In Poland the name stays rare. A boy named Kryspin might be the only one on his class register at school. His imieniny land in autumn, near the cobblers' saint.
The root has not changed. Kryspin still means curly-haired.
When Kryspin celebrates name day
Kryspin appears 6 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 7 January.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Kryspin
1 in 10165 men in Poland is named Kryspin. 2,100 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #689 among male names.
Kryspin's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1649 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #689 name among living men, even as it slips to #1649 among newborns.
Where parents choose Kryspin
Kryspin is most popular in Subcarpathian, 129% above the national average (6 boys born 2019–2025), followed by West Pomeranian (+118%) and Greater Poland (+92%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Łódź, 59% and 27% below average respectively.
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Subcarpathian
+129%1 in 20,094 babies
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West Pomeranian
+118%1 in 21,106 babies
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Greater Poland
+92%1 in 23,916 babies
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Lesser Poland
−59%1 in 113,458 babies
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Łódź
−27%1 in 63,359 babies
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Masovian
−22%1 in 59,044 babies
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Subcarpathian+129% 6 born1 in 20,094 babies+129%
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West Pomeranian+118% 4 born1 in 21,106 babies+118%
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Greater Poland+92% 9 born1 in 23,916 babies+92%
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Pomeranian+56% 5 born1 in 29,464 babies+56%
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Lower Silesian+46% 5 born1 in 31,427 babies+46%
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Lublin+34% 3 born1 in 34,225 babies+34%
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Silesian+1% 5 born1 in 45,517 babies+1%
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Masovian−22% 6 born1 in 59,044 babies−22%
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Łódź−27% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−27%
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Lesser Poland−59% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−59%
Kryspin as a middle name
Kryspin is a first name for 2,100 men in Poland and a middle name for another 800, a 72/28 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 253rd, between Cyryl (804) and Eliasz (795).
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#251 Milan806
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#252 Cyryl804
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#253 Kryspin800
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#254 Eliasz795
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#255 Kevin772