Cypress

Cypress: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“cypress tree”
Origin
English
Say it
SY-press · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (47% girls, 53% boys since 1880)

From the English tree name, ultimately from Greek kypárissos via Latin cypressus. It is a modern nature name used directly from the botanical word.

How popular is Cypress?

202461.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Cypress in 2024204

2024 rank#1,419 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,048

Cypress is rising: use over the last five years is 3.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Cypress

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English
  • Remingtonsettlement by the streambank · English

Cypress questions

What does the name Cypress mean?

Cypress means "cypress tree". It comes from English. From the English tree name, ultimately from Greek kypárissos via Latin cypressus. It is a modern nature name used directly from the botanical word.

Is Cypress a boy or girl name?

Cypress is used for both: about 47% of US babies named Cypress since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Cypress?

204 US babies were named Cypress in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Cypress?

Cypress is usually pronounced SY-press.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.