Prescilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- prih-SIL-a
- Origin
- Latin
Prescilla is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “ancient”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Prescilla 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 Prescilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Prescilla is a girls' name.
How popular is Prescilla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Prescilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prescilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
Nicknames for Prescilla
- Cilla
Names like Prescilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priscilla, Amanda, Paula, Diana, Rebecca, Monica, Laura, Angela, Maria, Melissa, Claudia, Christina
Names related to Prescilla
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, “Prescilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prescilla, updated 20 October 2026.