Entry № 8261 · Greek origin

Praxilla Praxilla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ prak-SIL-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Greek poet of Sicyon"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

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. Counted among the Nine Lyric Poetesses by Hellenistic scholars — the Greek tradition gave women equal place at the very summit of lyric.

Her surviving fragment about the dying Adonis reminisces of cucumbers and apples in summer.

Greek lyric poet of Sicyon. One of the Nine Lyric Poetesses.

The name in its native script.

Πράξιλλα
Transliteration
Práxilla
Pronunciation
/ prækˈsɪl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

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.

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.

The number behind Praxilla.

3

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.