Given name
Tacita
“mute; silenced”·“a well-known historian”
Tacita is a feminine form of Tacitus. One Latin interpretation is “a well-known historian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Tacita carries the interpretation “mute; silenced.” Tacita is a feminine form of Tacitus. One Latin interpretation is “a well-known historian.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Tacita is used as a feminine counterpart of Tacitus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tacita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 6 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 6 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tacita’s family of names
In Italian usage, Tacita is a feminine form of TACITO. Tacita has a related form in Tacy. Tacita has a related form in Tacey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 24
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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