Girl · Latin
Perpetua
Say it: pur-PET-choo-uh
Meaning
Latin, 'everlasting, continual'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Her prison diary is one of the earliest texts written by a Christian woman, but the name has stayed rare.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 108 babies given this name since 2007
- At its height in 2013, about 1 in 103,100 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Perpétue |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Perpetua |
| Italian | Perpetua |
| Portuguese | Perpétua |
Famous bearers
- Vibia Perpetua, martyred at Carthage in 203
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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