# Gypsy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gypsy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “egyptian”, “egypt” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gipsy |
| US babies named this | 1,501 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,501 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 198, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A clipping of Gyptian (in Early Modern English roughly /ˈd͡ʒɪp.sɪ.æn/), itself an apheretic form of Egyptian, from Middle English Egipcian (“Egyptian”) (rarely Gypcian), from Old French egyptien, from Latin aegyptianus, from aegyptius (“Egypt”), because when Roma first appeared in England in the sixteenth century, they were wrongly believed to have come from Egypt. The Albanian evgjit, Greek γύφτος (gýftos), Italian gitano, Spanish gitano and Turkish Kıpti have the same origin. Doublet of Egyptian and Copt. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Rom (words related to the Romani people's autonyms) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,812 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,969 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,745 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,067 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,188 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,046 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,368 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,488 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,081 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,744 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,550 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,370 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,297 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,145 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,073 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 16 | 1,406 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,502 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 吉普賽 /吉普赛
- Polish: Gypsy

## People named Gypsy

- Mia Goth, British actress (born 1993)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.