Entry № 8293 · Greek origin

Praxilla Praxilla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ prak-SIL-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Greek poet of Sicyon"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "greek poet of sicyon".

Praxilla (Πράξιλλα, mid-5th c. BCE) was the Greek lyric poet of Sicyon — author of dithyrambs and drinking songs.

Greek poet of Sicyon — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Πράξιλλα

Transliteration: Práxilla
Pronunciation: / prækˈsɪl.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Praxilla stands.

Praxilla does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Praxillas before her.

Real people

Praxilla of Sicyon

Greek lyric poet.

mid-5th c. BCE

In fiction

Praxilla

Counted among the Nine Lyric Poetesses.

Names connected to Praxilla.

Numerology

The number behind Praxilla.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Praxilla reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.