Urpi Urpi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Urpi is from the Quechua urpi — dove, pigeon (foundational Andean affectionate term). A modern American baby name in the broader Andean Quechua heritage aesthetic. Urpi is one of the foundational Quechua feminine names — central to traditional Inca + Andean Indigenous heritage spanning foundational Quechua-speaking nations Peru + Bolivia + Ecuador + Colombia + Chile + Argentina (~10 million Quechua speakers). The foundational Quechua urpi is central to foundational Andean poetry + foundational huayno (foundational Quechua-Andean musical genre) + foundational pet-name tradition. Foundational subject of foundational Quechua-language poetry including foundational poet José María Arguedas's Katatay (Tremble, 1965-1966 Quechua poetry collection) + foundational Túpac Amaru kamaq taytanchisman haylli (psalm).

Featured throughout Andean heritage.