Given name & surname
Cilla
“from an ancient family”
In English use, Cilla is a diminutive of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Cilla is a diminutive of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cilla is a diminutive of Priscilla. Priscilla comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Cilla is a diminutive of Priscilla.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 0 boys · 37 girls
- Most popular year
- 1907
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1907. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 158 as a first name in 2020; 106 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.
Cilla’s family of names
In English usage, Cilla is a diminutive of Priscilla. Cilla has a related form in Cecilia. In Dutch usage, Cilla has a conventional equivalent in the German form Cäcilia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cilla
- Cilla BlackEnglish singer and media personality (1943–2015)
- Cilia van DijkDutch film producer (1941–2023)
- Cilla BörjlindSwedish screenwriterborn 1961
- Cilla NaumannSwedish writerborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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