Lapisi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lapisi

What is the meaning of the name Lapisi ?

The baby name Lapisi is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced lah-PEE-see (IPA: /laˈpi.si/).

Lapisi is in Origin.

Lapisi is a modern, globally inflected given name whose interpretation shifts by language. Many parents connect it to Lapis, from Latin lapis “stone,” especially the deep-blue gemstone lapis lazuli; in that reading it conveys durability, wisdom, and protection. Usage as a personal name is recent and rare, typically unisex, and found in creative naming circles. Variant or related forms include Lapis and the Spanish-influenced spelling Lapiz in some records.

Cultural notes are important: in Samoan and Tongan, lapisi is a common noun meaning “rubbish/garbage,” a loan from English rubbish adapted to Polynesian phonology, so it is seldom chosen as a given name in those communities and may appear only as a nickname or surname. In Malay/Indonesian, lapis means “layer,” and lapisi is a verb “to coat/cover,” offering an alternative symbolic reading of protection or “many layers.”

⚙ Lapisi is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Lapisi appears only 5 times in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.