Aquila

Meaning & origin

Aquila is a boy's name of Latin origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "The eagle, the high-soaring bird of keen sight and noble bearing. From Latin aquila, it appears in the New Testament as the name of a tentmaker who, with his wife Priscilla, worked alongside Paul, giving the Latin word a lasting Christian resonance of loftiness and valor." and belongs to the Nature cluster — names drawn from the natural world — earth, water, sky.

Common among Italian, European families, Aquila carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Aquila

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Aquila resonates in either tradition.

How Aquila sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Aquila breaks down into 6 phonemes: /AE-K-W-IH-L-AH/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Aquila — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Aquila

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Aquila maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.