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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Scipio m. Latin scipio 'staff, walking stick', the name of a Roman cognomen.

England
Dutch
1590 Scipio AuFr Radermaker
Walloon
1591 Scipion RWC p. 18; 1593 Scipion ibid. p. 28; 1594/5 Scipion ibid. p. 35; 1595/6 Scipion ibid. p. 41; 1597 Scipion ibid. p. 45; 1598 Sypion ibid. p. 48
Italy
Latin
1522x1532 Scipio (nom) DSF p. 56, 2, Scipioni (gen) ibid. p. 57, Scipionis (gen) ibid. p. 56, 1; 1527 Scipio (nom) Rome1527 p. 85
Italian
1513x1521 Scipio LeoX p. 15
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Scipio". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Scipio.