Virgilia
Virgilia is the wife of Coriolanus in William Shakespeare's play Coriolanus (1607–1610), in which same play Volumnia is his mother.
Meaning & Origin of Virgilia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Virgilia is the wife of Coriolanus in William Shakespeare's play Coriolanus (1607–1610), in which same play Volumnia is his mother.
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The Story of Virgilia
American parents first put Virgilia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 12 Virgilias were born — ranking #5,757 that year. About 24% of every Virgilia on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Virgilia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 99 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Virgilia
Virgilia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 99 births in the dataset. Virgilia's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #5,757. Use the chart and map above to compare Virgilia'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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