Given name & surname · also Italian

Brescia

Brescia is a surname from Italian, ultimately from Lombard. It is used in English and Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Brescia comes from Italian, and ultimately from Lombard.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Italian Brescia, from Lombard Brèsa.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Brescia through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1995
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19950.0
Brescia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,485 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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Sibling ideas

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