Silence Forename

91,023rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,453 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Silence Forename Definition:

A female name. In Lodge’s Illust. (vi. 37, 2nd ed. ) appear Salathiel, son, and Patience, Temperance, Silence, and Prudence, daughters, of Temperance, wife of Sir Thomas Crew, Speaker temp. James I. and Charles I. Conf. the name Tacita, a goddess who presided over silence, to whom Numa, as some say, paid particular veneration; also the male name Tacitus.

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Silence Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
94%
 
1,7571:31,0373,751
Zimbabwe
69%
 
1,4221:10,8471,424
Malawi
100%
1,0581:16,1741,563
Egypt
100%
4991:184,1707,018
DR Congo
79%
 
2941:251,11410,437
China-941:14,532,50859,980
India
 
78%
481:25,309,958550,886
Botswana
100%
421:52,0114,968
Cambodia
 
77%
401:406,8339,563
United States
 
59%
351:10,358,199103,352
Cameroon-281:771,80421,901
Russia
50%
 
131:11,094,90040,853
England
100%
101:5,560,29248,776
Zambia-91:1,761,64419,373
Nigeria
60%
 
81:22,195,545185,172
Uganda
83%
 
61:6,826,15353,479
Namibia-61:400,6965,862
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Qatar-51:473,92138,106
Israel
100%
51:1,680,58418,495
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Iceland-31:122,0064,203
Iran-31:26,165,62345,792
Wales-31:1,031,43610,092
Philippines
50%
 
31:35,336,492343,681
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Algeria-21:19,088,36022,377
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
Belarus
50%
 
21:4,741,19216,466
Netherlands
 
88%
21:8,451,04232,813
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Burundi
100%
11:9,906,5592,558
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Germany
61%
 
11:96,677,87695,912
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Italy
53%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526

Silence (1,602) may also be a surname.

Silence Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. In Lodge’s Illust. (vi. 37, 2nd ed. ) appear Salathiel, son, and Patience, Temperance, Silence, and Prudence, daughters, of Temperance, wife of Sir Thomas Crew, Speaker temp. James I. and Charles I. Conf. the name Tacita, a goddess who presided over silence, to whom Numa, as some say, paid particular veneration; also the male name Tacitus.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Latin name, meaning: With a habit of abstinence from speech.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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