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Aquila

Say it: AK-wih-luh

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Meaning

Latin aquila 'eagle'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Known mainly from the tentmaker Aquila in Acts and Paul's letters.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1977Boys 2020per million babies of that sex
  • 820 babies given this name since 1955
  • At its height in 1977, about 1 in 52,900 girls
  • 20 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
  2. Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476

Used by

LatinEarly Christian

Famous bearers

  • Aquila, husband of Priscilla in the New Testament

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Where this comes from

  • The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
  • Roman inscriptions and tombstones
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.