Meaning of the namePricila

Pricila is a Brazilian spelling of Priscila, a female name of Latin origin linked to Prisca and to the adjective priscus, 'ancient'.

Meaning

“spelling of Priscila, diminutive of Prisca, from Latin priscus, 'ancient'”

Source: Behind the Name: Priscilla · Behind the Name: Prisca · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Priscila

People (2022): 30,485
Rank in Brazil: #814
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 54,307; people

Pricila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Pricila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (12,974 people).

30,345 women 140 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Pricila is most common

States with the highest share of people named Pricila in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Santa Catarina 0.025%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.021%
Rondônia 0.021%
Paraná 0.018%
São Paulo 0.017%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	7,744	0.017%
Minas Gerais	3,180	0.016%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,328	0.021%
Rio de Janeiro	2,200	0.014%
Paraná	2,105	0.018%
Santa Catarina	1,926	0.025%
Bahia	1,846	0.013%
Goiás	1,136	0.016%
Pernambuco	965	0.011%
Ceará	897	0.010%
Pará	897	0.011%
Espírito Santo	624	0.016%
Mato Grosso	585	0.016%
Maranhão	490	0.007%
Amazonas	455	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	441	0.016%
Paraíba	392	0.010%
Distrito Federal	389	0.014%
Rio Grande do Norte	364	0.011%
Rondônia	335	0.021%
Alagoas	275	0.009%
Piauí	233	0.007%
Sergipe	217	0.010%
Tocantins	164	0.011%
Acre	137	0.017%
Roraima	93	0.015%
Amapá	67	0.009%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Pricila

Behind the Name describes Priscilla as a Roman name, a diminutive of Prisca, and lists Pricila among the Brazilian Portuguese forms. Prisca is the feminine of Priscus, a Roman cognomen that in Latin means 'ancient, old'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), also links Priscila to Latin Priscus, 'literally, ancient'. In the New Testament, Priscila is the wife of Áquila. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,485 people named Pricila, with a median age of 32.

It omits the S of Priscila and is the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Pricila

Spelling	People (2022)
Pricila	30,485
Pricilla	1,441

Sources

Behind the Name: Priscilla · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Prisca · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Priscila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Pricila

What does the name Pricila mean?

Pricila means “spelling of Priscila, diminutive of Prisca, from Latin priscus, 'ancient'”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Pricila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,485 people with the first name Pricila, which ranks it number 814 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Pricila a boy's or a girl's name?

Pricila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 30,345 women and 140 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Pricila?

Pricila is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Pricila most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.025% of the state's population is named Pricila (1,926 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Pricila?

Pricilla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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