Girl · Latin
Drusilla
Say it: droo-SIL-uh
Meaning
Latin, a diminutive of Drusus, a Roman family name of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Occasionally used in 19th-century England and America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 2,905 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 10,300 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Drusilla |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Drusila |
Famous bearers
- Drusilla, wife of the governor Felix in Acts 24
- Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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