Given name
Placida
“one who is calm; tranquil”
In Italian use, Placida carries the interpretation “one who is calm; tranquil.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Placida carries the interpretation “one who is calm; tranquil.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Placida is used as a feminine counterpart of Placido.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Placida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 158
- 0 boys · 158 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 13 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 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 744 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.
Placida’s family of names
Placida is a feminine form of Placido. Placida has a related form in Placeada. Placida has a related form in Placeda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Placida
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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