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View Name: Cyprian
CYPRIAN
Gender:
Masculine
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Pronounced:
SIP-ree-ən
(English)
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From the Roman family name
Cyprianus
which meant "from Cyprus" in Latin.
Saint
Cyprian was a 3rd-century bishop of Carthage and a martyr under the emperor Valerian.
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