Cilla is an English female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, originally the diminutive form of
Priscilla and less frequently
Drusilla
Drusilla is a female given name deriving from the Roman cognomen Drusilla.
History
The name has its origin from the Latin cognomen (and later praenomen) ''Drusus'' which itself derived from the Greek ''drosos'' (dew). The diminutive "illa" t ...
. It first appeared in the 20th century.
People named Cilla include:
People
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Cilla Black
Priscilla Maria Veronica White (27 May 1943 – 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer, actress and television presenter.
Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her ...
(1943–2015), English singer, actress and entertainer
*Cilla Fisher (born 1952), ex-member of the folk music group
The Singing Kettle
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Cilla McQueen (born 1949), poet
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Cilla Naumann (born 1960), Swedish author and journalist
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Cilla Snowball, British businessperson in advertising
Fictional characters
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Cilla Battersby-Brown, a character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
In Greek mythology, it refers to:
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Cilla (mythology), two women associated with ancient Troy
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Feminine given names