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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.