Given name
Prescilla
“from an ancient family”
Prescilla is a variant of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Prescilla is a variant of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Explained through its name family
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
Prescilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,037
- 0 boys · 1,037 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 28 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 841 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.
Prescilla’s family of names
Prescilla has a related form in Priscilla.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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