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Prisca
Say it: PRIS-kuh
Meaning
Latin, feminine of Priscus, 'ancient, old'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in late antiquity and occasionally today in German and Italian.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 412 babies given this name since 1959
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 106,600 girls
- 15 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Prisca |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Prisca |
| German | Priska |
| French | Prisque |
Famous bearers
- Prisca, also called Priscilla, in Romans 16
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.