Sepe as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sepe

What is the meaning of the name Sepe ?

The baby name Sepe is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SEH-peh (IPA: /ˈsɛpe/).

Sepe is Finnish, Italian, Persian, Spanish in Origin.

Sepe is a rare, cross‑cultural given name and nickname with several independent roots. In Guarani, it appears as Sepé - familiar through the 18th‑century leader Sepé Tiaraju - and is sometimes written without the accent in modern records. In Finnish, Sepe functions as a friendly short form of Seppo; in Frisian/Dutch it parallels Siepe/Siep/Siebe‑type diminutives. It can also arise informally in Iranian communities as a clipped call‑name for Sepehr or Sepideh, and is occasionally adopted as a given name from the Italian surname Sepe.

Meaning depends on origin: from Finnish Seppo (seppä “smith”); from Frisian/Germanic Sieg‑/Sib‑ roots (“victory,” “kin”); from Persian Sepehr (“sky, firmament”) or Sepideh (“dawn”). Guarani Sepé is sometimes associated in mission records with José, aligning it with Hebrew Yosef (“he will add”). Variants and related forms include Sepé, Sépe, Siepe, Siep, Siebe, Seppo, and Seppe.