Cilla
Cilla is an English female given name, originally the diminutive form of Priscilla and less frequently Drusilla.
- Swedish
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Cilla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cilla is an English female given name, originally the diminutive form of Priscilla and less frequently Drusilla.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Dutch
The Story of Cilla
Cilla first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1882, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1907: 7 births, good for #1,639 nationwide. About 27% of every Cilla on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Cilla last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Cilla
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cilla. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Cilla
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- Cilla Black (1943–2015), English singer, actress and entertainer
- Cilla Fisher (born 1952), ex-member of the folk music group The Singing Kettle
- Cilla McQueen (born 1949), New Zealand poet
- Cilla Naumann (born 1960), Swedish author and journalist
- Cilla Snowball (born 1958), British businessperson in advertising
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Names that sound like Cilla
Phonetically similar names — useful when Cilla is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Cilla
Cilla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Cilla's peak popularity came in 1907 when it ranked #1,639. Use the chart and map above to compare Cilla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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