Meaning of the namePriscila

Priscila is a female name of Latin origin, a feminine diminutive of the Roman cognomen Priscus, from the Latin priscus, 'ancient'.

Meaning

“feminine diminutive of the Roman cognomen Priscus, 'ancient'”

Source: Wiktionary: Priscilla · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Priscila

People (2022): 224,785
Rank in Brazil: #142
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 223,128; people

Priscila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Priscila, 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 (107,570 people).

224,045 women 740 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 Priscila is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	74,456	0.168%
Rio de Janeiro	29,801	0.186%
Minas Gerais	23,229	0.113%
Paraná	13,163	0.115%
Rio Grande do Sul	12,503	0.115%
Bahia	10,396	0.074%
Santa Catarina	8,898	0.117%
Pernambuco	7,252	0.080%
Goiás	5,398	0.077%
Ceará	5,135	0.058%
Pará	4,712	0.058%
Espírito Santo	4,305	0.112%
Distrito Federal	3,508	0.125%
Amazonas	3,048	0.077%
Maranhão	2,492	0.037%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,465	0.089%
Paraíba	2,463	0.062%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,440	0.074%
Mato Grosso	2,103	0.058%
Sergipe	1,494	0.068%
Alagoas	1,443	0.046%
Rondônia	1,162	0.074%
Piauí	1,046	0.032%
Tocantins	587	0.039%
Amapá	515	0.070%
Acre	443	0.053%
Roraima	328	0.052%

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

About the name Priscila

Priscila comes from the Latin Priscilla, which Wiktionary explains as a feminine diminutive of the Roman cognomen Priscus, from the Latin priscus, 'ancient, of former times'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado (1981), who links the name to the Latin Priscianu-, feminine of Priscus, literally 'ancient', and Behind the Name describes it as a diminutive of Prisca. In the Acts of the Apostles, in the New Testament, Priscilla, also called Prisca, is one of the early Christians. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 224,785 people named Priscila, with a median age of 33. The name is almost always female, peaked among people born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

It is the most common spelling in the group, adapted to Portuguese with a single L.

Other spellings of Priscila

Spelling	People (2022)
Priscila	224,785
Priscilla	14,868

Sources

Wiktionary: Priscilla · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Priscila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Priscilla · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Priscila · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Priscila

What does the name Priscila mean?

Priscila means “feminine diminutive of the Roman cognomen Priscus, 'ancient'”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Priscila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 224,785 people with the first name Priscila, which ranks it number 142 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Priscila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 224,045 women and 740 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Priscila?

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

In which Brazilian state is Priscila most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.186% of the state's population is named Priscila (29,801 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Priscila?

Priscilla. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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