Kipa

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Кипа in RU Russia, IN India, KZ Kazakhstan and 3 more and Кіпа in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kipa is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian surname468 records spelled Kipa7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, India

  Also written Кипа

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kipa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, large basket

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Russian, Kipa Okulov syn, peasant. 1539.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In lad, kippah (the cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Hawaiian, to turn aside, to turn from the direct path

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Māori, spur (horse prod attached to heel)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 25 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kipa?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Kipa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Kipa have the most bearers?

Kipa is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled кипа.

Where is Kipa most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kipa is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 68 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

What does the name Kipa mean?

Recorded meaning: Alternative spelling of kippah.