Gender Masculine
Usage Phoenician
Other Forms FormsCucufas, Qaqophas, , Catalan: Cugat, Culgat, Cougat, Spanish: Cucufate, Cucufato, Cocoba(s), French: Cucuphat, Cucufa, Cucuphat, Quiquenfat, Galician: Covade, Cobad, Occitan: Cophan, Asturian: Cucao
Meaning & History
Phoenician origin with the meaning of "he who jokes" or "he who likes to joke". Saint Cucuphas is a is a martyr of Spain who lived from roughly 269 A.D. to 304 A.D. His feast day is July 25, but in some areas it is celebrated on July 27 to avoid conflict with the important feast day of Santiago, the patron saint of Spain.