Name: Drusilla
Gender: Female
Usage: Drusilla is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Drusilla are in general originating from Italy, Jamaica.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Drusilla is: Sturdy.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Drusilla is ranked on the 21,645th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 9600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Drusilla has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Drusilla is an English female given name derived ultimately from the Roman Drusus, in turn from the Greek drosos (dew). It has the meaning "fruitful" or "dewy-eyed". As a name appearing in the Bible, it was adopted by English speakers in the 17th century. The name has never been very popular in the United States. It was almost last ranked among the top 1,000 names for American girls born in 1914, when it was number 958. From 1880 to 1914, according to Social Security Administration records, it never ranked higher than 612th in 1886. Although it is rare, it is still most common in the United States.
- Variations are Drucilla and Druscilla.
- Diminutive forms are Dru and Cilla (also more usually the diminutive of Priscilla)
Bearers of the name include:
- Drusilla (daughter of Herod Agrippa) (38-79)
- Drusilla of Mauretania the Elder, possibly the granddaughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony
- Drusilla of Mauretania (born 38), possibly the great-granddaughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony
- Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946), Australian writer and editor
- Drusilla Wills (1884–1951), British stage and film actress
- Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula
- Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)
Fictional characters of this name include:
- Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel
- The Worst Witch#Drusilla Paddock, in The Worst Witch children's novel series
- Drusilla, a succubus in the Pibgorn webcomic
From a Late Latin name, a feminine diminutive of the old Roman family name Dr(a)usus, which was first taken by a certain Livius, who had killed in single combat a Gaul of this name and, according to a custom of the time, took his victim's name as a cognomen. Of the several women in the Roman imperial family who were called Livia Drusilla, the most notorious was Caligula's sister and mistress. The name is borne in the Bible by a Jewish woman, wife of the Roman citizen Felix, who was converted to Christianity by St Paul (Acts 24: 24). In England it was taken up as a given name in the 17th century as a result of the biblical mention.
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