Bible Names

Crispus: meaning of the name

Crispus means “curled.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Crispus in Hebrew and Greek

Κρίσπος G2921

Kríspos — "crisp"; Crispus, a Corinthian

of Latin origin;

Who named Crispus in the Bible

Crispus in Scripture

“Crispus” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 18:8

    And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

  • 1 Corinthians 1:14

    I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;