Entry № 1783 · Arabic origin

Casilda Casilda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-SEEL-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Moorish princess turned Spanish saint"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "moorish princess turned spanish saint".

Casilda is from the Arabic al-Qāsim — but Saint Casilda of Toledo (11th c.) was the Moorish princess, daughter of an Islamic king of Toledo, who secretly brought food to Christian prisoners; converted to Christianity and lived as a hermit.

Patron saint of Burgos. Her relics rest at the monastery of Santa Casilda.

Moorish princess turned Christian hermit saint.

The name in its native script.

Casilda
Transliteration
Casilda
Pronunciation
/ kəˈsiːl.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Casilda stands.

Casilda 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.

Casildas before her.

Real people
Saint Casilda
Moorish-Christian saint.
11th c.
In fiction
Casilda
Common in Spanish historical fiction.

Names connected to Casilda.

The number behind Casilda.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Casilda reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.