Conception as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Conception

What is the meaning of the name Conception ?

The baby name Conception is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /kənˈsɛpʃən/ (kuhn-SEP-shun); Spanish: /konθepˈθjon/ (Spain) or /konsepˈsjon/ (Latin America) (kon-sep-SYON).

Conception is Spanish in Origin.

Conception is an English rendering of Spanish Concepción, from Latin conceptio (“conception”), adopted as a Marian devotional given name honoring the Immaculate Conception (feast: December 8). It arose in Iberia and spread through Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds, including the Philippines and Latin America, from the early modern period, with continued but declining use into the 20th century. In English it has been rare and chiefly Catholic.

Key variants include Spanish Concepción (also written Concepcion), Catalan Concepció, Portuguese Conceição, Italian Concezione, and French Conception; cognates used in place of it include Immaculada/Imaculada/Immacolata/Immaculata. Common diminutives are Concha and Conchita (also Conxi/Conxita in Catalan), Chona, Chonita, and masculine Concho; the full form can be borne by men in Spanish contexts via Marian naming traditions. The name’s meaning centers on “conception,” specifically Mary’s sinless conception, symbolizing purity, grace, and divine favor.