Aquilla
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning eagle; a form of Aquila.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Aquilla by the numbers
Aquilla was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aquilla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aquilaeagle3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Aquilla
Names that are said the same way as Aquilla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Aquilla, 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 Aquilla
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