Crescentia - Meaning of Crescentia
What does Crescentia mean?
[ 4 syll. cres-cen-tia, cr-escent-ia ] The baby girl name Crescentia is pronounced KReh-SEHNTiy-aa- †. Crescentia's origin is Latin, and its use, German. It is derived from the word crescere which is of the meaning 'to grow'. An older form of the name is Crescentia (Latin). The name was borne by the 3rd-century Saint Crescentia, who was martyred with Vitus and Modestus under Diocletian. The baby name has traditionally been bestowed to wish the bearer strong and healthy growth. Crescentia is the feminine form of the Latin Crescentius.
Forms of Crescentia include the Spanish Crescencia, the Italian Crescenza, the Italian Crescenzia, the Hungarian Czenzi, the German Kreszentia, and the German Kreszenz.
Another form of the name is the German diminutive Zenzi.
See also the related form, the English Tia.
See also the related categories, strong (strength), martyred (death), latin, healthy, saint, and german.
Crescentia is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Crescentia include Chrisantha, Chrissanth, Chrysanthe, Corisande, Coronet, Coronete, Coronette, Crescent, Crescente, and Crisiant.
† English pronunciation for Crescentia: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"
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