Given name
Ercilia
“one who is frank”
Ercilia is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is frank.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is frank.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ercilia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 172
- 0 boys · 172 girls
- Most popular year
- 1944
- 11 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 7 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1944. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 893 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.
Ercilia’s family of names
Ercilia has a related form in Ercilea. Ercilia has a related form in Ercileah. Ercilia has a related form in Erciliah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Ercilia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Ercilia