Given name
Drucilla
“a mighty woman”
In English use, Drucilla is a variant of Drusilla. In Latin use, Drusilla carries the interpretation “a mighty woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Drucilla is a variant of Drusilla. In Latin use, Drusilla carries the interpretation “a mighty woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Drucilla is a form of Drusilla. Drusilla comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drucilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,571
- 0 boys · 3,571 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 83 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 83 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,714 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.
Drucilla’s family of names
In English usage, Drucilla has a diminutive in Dru. In English usage, Drucilla has a related form in Drusilla.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Drucilla
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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