Entry № 9326 · Latin origin

Scholastica Scholastica — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ skoh-LAS-tih-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Scholar, learned"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Latin)

A name that means "scholar, learned".

Scholastica comes from the Latin scholasticus, meaning "scholar" or "learned one." Saint Scholastica (c. 480-543) was the twin sister of Saint Benedict and the founder of female Benedictine monasticism.

Scholastica is widely used in Catholic communities.

Scholar. The mother of Benedictine nuns.

The name in its native script.

Scholastica
Transliteration
Scholastica
Pronunciation
/ ˌskoʊ.ləˈstɪk.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Scholastica stands.

Scholastica 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.

Scholasticas before her.

Real people
Saint Scholastica
Twin sister of Saint Benedict.
c. 480 – 543
In fiction
Scholastica
Common in Catholic literature.

Names connected to Scholastica.

The number behind Scholastica.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Scholastica reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.