Tropez

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French form of Torpes, Latin

"stiff, numb"

Tropez Origin and Meaning

The name Tropez is a boy's name meaning "stiff, numb".

Most people have heard of the glamorous French town of San Tropez, but few know the legend of the saint it's named for. Tropez is the French form of Torpes, the Pisa-born martyr whose headless body was set afloat with a rooster and a dog.

According to legend, the saint's body washed up intact in southern France. Saint Torpes or Tropez is the patron saint of sailors.