Entry № 1512 · English origin

Bishop Bishop — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BISH-uhp /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Overseer (Elizabeth Bishop Pulitzer poet)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "overseer (elizabeth bishop pulitzer poet)".

Bishop is from the Old English bisceop — from the Greek episkopos (overseer). Hutton Bishop — modern American figure. John Bishop (born 1966) — English comedian. Steven Spielberg's grandfather Samuel Spielberg's middle name had Bishop connections. Bishop Allen — American indie rock band.

Overseer (Elizabeth Bishop Pulitzer poet) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Bishop
Transliteration
Bishop
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɪʃ.əp /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bishop stands.

Bishop does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bishops before her.

Real people
Elizabeth Bishop
American Pulitzer poet + US Poet Laureate.
1911 – 1979
Bishop Briggs
Scottish singer ("River").
born 1992
In fiction
Bishop
The chess piece + Christian church official.

Names connected to Bishop.

The number behind Bishop.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bishop reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.