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Tosca

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Tosca

Say it: TOS-kah

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Meaning

From Italian tosca 'Tuscan woman'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Puccini's 1900 opera Tosca made the name widely known.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1913per million babies of that sex
  • 372 babies given this name since 1909
  • At its height in 1909, about 1 in 57,900 girls
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Italian

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Where this comes from

  • Well-known works of literature
  • 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.

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