Aquila
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning eagle.
Aquila by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Aquila. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aquila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aquila
Names that are said the same way as Aquila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Aquila, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aquila
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