Xica
Xica is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by João Felício dos Santos, which is a romanticized retelling of the true story of Chica da Silva, an 18th-century slave in Brazil, who attracts the attention of a powerful Portuguese land-owner and eventually rises into the Brazilian high society.
Meaning & Origin of Xica
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Xica is a 1976 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by João Felício dos Santos, which is a romanticized retelling of the true story of Chica da Silva, an 18th-century slave in Brazil, who attracts the attention of a powerful Portuguese land-owner and eventually rises into the Brazilian high society.
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The Story of Xica
American parents first put Xica on the record books as a baby girl name in 1982, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 8 Xicas were born — ranking #7,469 that year. Xica last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Xica
Xica is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 8 births in the dataset. Xica's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #7,469. Use the chart and map above to compare Xica'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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