First name origin & meaning: Spanish, Greek: From Cyprus First name variations: Ciprien, Ciprian, Cyprian, Cyprien, Siprian, Siprien, Sipryan Last name origin & meaning: Italian: from the personal name Cipriano, from Latin
Cyprianus, originally an ethnic name for an inhabitant of
Cyprus. The name was borne by a bishop of Carthage who was martyred in
258, and by another saint, probably legendary, whose cult was
suppressed by the Holy See in 1969.
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