Aquila
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ækwɪlə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aquila is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 45K(measured from records)
- PEPeru≈1 in 26K
- GYGuyana1 in 33K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 68 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
4,714 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A strong Latin name meaning 'eagle', Aquila is associated with the biblical figure known for his faithfulness, hospitality, and skilled craftsmanship as a partner to the Apostle Paul.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
How Aquila is read(measured from records)
Aquila is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English33%
A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish29%
Aquila (constellation)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese27%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Aquila in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aquila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 4,714 | 1 in 45K | 4.7K | Aquila | 68 |
| PE Peru | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Aquila | 13 |
| US United States | 904 | 1 in 368K | 757 | Aquila | 58 |
| IT Italy | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 147K | listed | Aquila | 26 |
| PH Philippines | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 406K | listed | Aquila | 9 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 97K | 1 | — | — |
| NA Namibia | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 108K | 1 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 23 | 1 in 33K | 23 | — | — |
4,714 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates; PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aquila is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A strong Latin name meaning 'eagle', Aquila is associated with the biblical figure known for his faithfulness, hospitality, and skilled craftsmanship as a partner to the Apostle Paul.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Aquila is of Latin origin and means "eagle".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Christian tradition, Aquila represents the vital role of lay ministry, hospitality, and collaborative partnership in the gospel. His story with Priscilla highlights the importance of married couples serving together and providing practical and spiritual support to church leaders like the Apostle Paul, becoming a model for Christian partnership and ministry.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Italian, do lat. aquila; pode indicar origem de L'Aquila
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aquila Pacab. 1738US(1738-1788)
- Aquila Walshb. 1823CACanadian politician (1823-1885)
- Aquila Wileyb. 1835USUnion Army general
- William Theodore Aquila Barberb. 1858British schoolteacher
- Aquila Kempsterb. 1864GBBritish author and artist
- Aquila Berlas Kianib. 1921INIndian scholar
- Aquila EmilAUPapua New Guinean rugby league footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 4.7K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 3.9K | #3,927 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.9K | #2,858 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.8K | #2,858 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 715 | #13,386 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 403 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 189 | #13,386 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 23 | #571 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
| NA Namibia | ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates | 2025 | 1 | #23 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 1 | #97 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Aquila come from?
- A strong Latin name meaning 'eagle', Aquila is associated with the biblical figure known for his faithfulness, hospitality, and skilled craftsmanship as a partner to the Apostle Paul. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Aquila a male or female name?
- Aquila is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Aquila mean?
- In English, A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
- How do you pronounce Aquila?
- A machine transcription gives /ækwɪlə/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Aquila?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 4,714 people named Aquila in 2022, about 1 in 45 thousand residents.
- In which country does Aquila have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 4.7 thousand people named Aquila, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aquila.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aquilaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aquila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.