Given name
Csilla
“one who provides defenses”
Csilla is used as a given name. One Hungarian interpretation is “one who provides defenses.”
Original HungarianCsilluska
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hungarian interpretation is “one who provides defenses.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hungarian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Csilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 5 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 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Csilla’s family of names
Csilla has a related form in Csila. Csilla has a related form in Csilah. Csilla has a related form in Csillah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Csilluskavariant · Hungarian
- Csillusvariant · Hungarian
- Csylahvariant
- Csylavariant
- Csyllahvariant
- Csyllavariant
- Csilahvariant
- Csilavariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Csilla
- Csilla BátorfiHungarian table tennis playerborn 1969
- Csilla Hegedüs(1967–) Minister of Culture and National Patrimony in Romania
- Csilla MolnárHungarian model (1969–1986)
- Csilla FöldiHungarian weightlifterborn 1968
- Csilla MadarászHungarian swimmer (1943-2021)
- Csilla Bartos-CserepyHungarian tennis playerborn 1966
- Csilla FóriánHungarian badminton playerborn 1969
- Csilla Fürimodern pentathleteborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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