Laquila
L'Aquila is the capital city of the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025, it is also the second-largest city in the region. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, it is surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east.
Meaning & Origin of Laquila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
L'Aquila is the capital city of the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025, it is also the second-largest city in the region. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, it is surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east.
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Origin & history
The Story of Laquila
Laquila first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1980, when 8 Laquilas were born — ranking #7,417 that year. As of 2026, Laquila ranks #11,738 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 31 Laquilas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Laquila
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- Mariangelo Accorso , (Aquila, 1489 – Aquila, 1546), Humanist
- Amico Agnifili , ( Rocca di Mezzo , 1398 – Aquila, 1476), Cardinal
- Antonia of Florence (1402–1472), saint
- Corrado Bafile (1903–2005), Cardinal
- Bernardino da Siena , ( Massa Marittima , 1380 – Aquila, 1444), saint.
- Braccio da Montone , ( Perugia , 1368 – Aquila, 1424), condottiero
- Giovanbattista Branconio dell'Aquila , (Aquila, 1473 – 1522), papal protonotary, friend of Raphael
- Buccio di Ranallo , (Aquila 1294 – Aquila 1363), epic poet, historian, Count of Pettino
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About the name Laquila
Laquila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 31 births in the dataset. Laquila's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #7,417. Use the chart and map above to compare Laquila'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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