Submitted Name Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage American (Rare) Pronounced Pron. SIE-pris [key] Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 12/14/2006 by Leona Edited 1/12/2016 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History From the English word cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek kuparissos.