Girl · Latin
Placidia
Say it: pluh-SID-ee-uh
Meaning
Feminine of Placidus 'calm, gentle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A late imperial name, best known from Galla Placidia, whose mausoleum stands in Ravenna.
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
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Placidia |
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Famous bearers
- Galla Placidia, Roman empress
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
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