Piccarda

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Girl · Italian (uncertain)

Piccarda

Say it: peek-KAR-dah

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Meaning

Uncertain; perhaps a feminine of Piccardo, which may refer to a man from Picardy.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Known chiefly through Piccarda Donati, a Florentine nun whom Dante placed in the first heaven of Paradise.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

Piccarda Donati, who speaks to Dante in Paradiso

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Where this comes from

Well-known works of literature
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427

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