Precilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- prih-SIL-a
- Origin
- Latin
Precilla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Precilla mean?
Latin: variant spelling of Priscilla, a diminutive of Latin Prisca
“ancient”
Priscilla and her husband Aquila were early Christian missionaries and companions of the apostle Paul.
Is Precilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Precilla is a girls' name.
How popular is Precilla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1957, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Precilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Precilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
Nicknames for Precilla
- Cilla
Names like Precilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priscilla, Amanda, Laura, Rosa, Julia, Rebecca, Paula, Monica, Regina, Angela, Sara, Diana
Names related to Precilla
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Precilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/precilla, updated 20 October 2026.