Priscella
Priscella Peter is a Malaysian politician who is the 2nd President of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM). She is the daughter of the founder and 1st President of KDM, Peter Anthony. She is the first woman to lead a local political party in Sabah.
Meaning & Origin of Priscella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Priscella Peter is a Malaysian politician who is the 2nd President of the Social Democratic Harmony Party (KDM). She is the daughter of the founder and 1st President of KDM, Peter Anthony. She is the first woman to lead a local political party in Sabah.
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The Story of Priscella
The earliest SSA record of Priscella as a baby girl name dates back to 1922, when 5 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 33 newborns named Priscella — #2,749 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Priscella on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Priscella last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Priscella
Priscella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Priscella's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #2,749. Use the chart and map above to compare Priscella'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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