Given name
Prisilla
“from an ancient family”
Prisilla is a variant of Priscilla. In Latin use, Priscilla carries the interpretation “from an ancient family.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Prisilla 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 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prisilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 640
- 0 boys · 640 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 29 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 667 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.
Prisilla’s family of names
Prisilla has a related form in Priscilla.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.