Crispin

Latin Crispinus, derivative of the Roman family name Crispus (“curly”).

Alternatively, contraction of Crispus (“hair”) and pinus (“pine”), according to Miraculum Quo Beata Maria Subvenit Guillelmo Crispino

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪspɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪspɪn

Crispin

1. A male given name from Latin.
2. A Roman shoemaker, martyr and saint, and brother of Crispinian; patron saint of cobblers and tanners.

• 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

  And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by
  From this day to the ending of the world
  But we in it shall be remembered

Crispin (plural Crispins)

1. (humorous, dated) A shoemaker.
   • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary:

     Boot after boot was tried on until at last a fit was obtained, when in rushed a man, snatched up the customer's hat left near the door, and ran down the street as fast as his legs could carry him. Away went the customer after his hat, and Crispin, standing at the door, clapped his hands, and shouted, “Go it, you'll catch him!”—little thinking that it was a concerted trick, and that neither his boots nor the customer would ever return.

2. A variety of apple, the Mutsu.

From Spanish Crispín.

Crispin

1. a male given name from Spanish

Borrowed from Spanish Crispín.

Crispin

1. a male given name from Spanish